Camphor (other)
Camphor is a chemical compound. Camphor may also refer to: * ''Camphor'' (album), a 2002 David Sylvian album * Camphor Hall, a residence hall at Dillard University ** Alexander Priestly Camphor (1865–1919), American Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and namesake of Camphor Hall * Camphor tree, a common name for the evergreen ''Camphora officinarum'' See also * Camphora (other) * ''Kämpfer is a Japanese light novel series by Toshihiko Tsukiji, with illustrations by Senmu. The series contains 15 volumes, published by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint between November 2006 and March 2010. The main series covers 12 ...

Camphor
Camphor () is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone. It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel ('' Cinnamomum camphora''), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the kapur tree ( ''Dryobalanops'' sp.), a tall timber tree from South East Asia. It also occurs in some other related trees in the laurel family, notably '' Ocotea usambarensis''. Rosemary leaves ('' Rosmarinus officinalis'') contain 0.05 to 0.5% camphor, while camphorweed ('' Heterotheca'') contains some 5%. A major source of camphor in Asia is camphor basil (the parent of African blue basil). Camphor can also be synthetically produced from oil of turpentine. The compound is chiral, existing in two possible enantiomers as shown in the structural diagrams. The structure on the left is the naturally occurring (+)-camphor ((1''R'',4''R'')-bornan-2-one), while its mirror image shown on the right is the (−)-camphor ((1''S'',4''S'')-bornan-2-o ...
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Camphor (album)
''Camphor'' is a David Sylvian compilation album released in 2002 as a companion to ''Everything and Nothing''. The focus is on his instrumental work. Background Both "Camphor" and "The Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection" were originally released on the bonus CD included with Everything and Nothing tour book. In "The Song Which Gives the Key to Perfection" Sylvian sings a chapter from a Hindu holy text. It is sung in the original Sanskrit from the book called ‘ Chandi Path’. "Wave" has been cut to the last segment of the original song which omits the vocal parts. New original sounds orchestrated by Simon Jeffes were added. "Mother and Child (remix)" has vocal replaced by trumpet and the music was sampled and remixed by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré. "Upon This Earth" is shorter. The first two minutes were cut, so Robert Frost poem "The Foreboding" is no longer heard and pitch is changed in error due to mastering issues. (The entry here said re-recorded, but the Rober ...
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Dillard University
Dillard University is a private, historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 and incorporating earlier institutions founded as early as 1869 after the American Civil War, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church. History The history of Dillard University dates to 1869 and its founding predecessor institutions— Straight University (later renamed Straight College) and Union Normal School (which developed into New Orleans University). Straight University Responding to the post-Civil War need to educate newly freed African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the surrounding region, the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church founded Straight University on June 12, 1868. Straight University also offered professional training, including a law department from 1874 to 1886. Its graduates participated in local and national Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era civil rights ...
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Alexander Priestly Camphor
Alexander Priestly Camphor (1865 – 1919), also known as A.P. Camphor, was an American Bishop, missionary, educator, academic administrator, author, and college president. He was the Missionary Bishop (Methodist Church), Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1916. He served as president of Central Alabama College and the College of West Africa. Camphor Hall at Dillard University, New Orleans is named in his honor. Biography Alexander Camphor born on August 9, 1865, on a Louisiana sugar plantation in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, and was the son of enslaved parents named Elizabeth and Perry Camphor. He was adopted as a child after the death of his parents by Stephen Priestly, a white Methodist preacher. He attended the Freedmen's Aid Society schools during the Reconstruction era. He graduated with an A.B. degree from New Orleans University in 1887, and later taught mathematics there for four years while also organizing the Friends of ...
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Camphora Officinarum
''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Description ''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southern Japan, Korea, India and Vietnam, and has been introduced to many other countries. It grows up to tall. In Japan, where the tree is called ''kusunoki'', five camphor trees are known with a trunk circumference above , with the largest individual, , reaching 24.22 m. The leaves have a glossy, waxy appearance and smell of camphor when crushed. In spring, it produces bright green foliage with masses of small white flowers. It produces clusters of black, berry-like fruit around in diameter. Its pale bark is very rough and fissured vertically. Certain trees in Japan are considered sacred. An example of the importance of a sacred tree is the 700-year old camphor growing in the middle of Kayashima Station. Locals protested against movin ...
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Camphora (other)
Camphora may refer to: * Camphora, a synonym for the chemical compound camphor * Camphora, California, an unincorporated community in Monterey County * Camphora (plant), genus of evergreen trees **Particularly ''Camphora officinarum'' See also * Camphor (other) Camphor is a chemical compound. Camphor may also refer to: * ''Camphor'' (album), a 2002 David Sylvian album * Camphor Hall, a residence hall at Dillard University ** Alexander Priestly Camphor (1865–1919), American Missionary Bishop of the Me ...