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Clarkson Refinery
Clarkson may refer to: People *Clarkson (surname) Given name *Clarkson Nott Potter (1825–1882), American attorney and politician *Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793–1867), English painter Places Australia * Clarkson, Western Australia ** Clarkson railway station, a Transperth station in the suburb Canada * Clarkson, Ontario ** Clarkson GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community South Africa * Clarkson, Eastern Cape United States * Clarkson, California, a ghost town in California * Clarkson, Kentucky * Clarkson, Maryland * Clarkson, Missouri * Clarkson, Nebraska * Clarkson, New York, a town ** Clarkson (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town * Clarkson, Ohio * Clarkson, Oklahoma * Clarkson, Texas Education * Clarkson College, Omaha, Nebraska, US * Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, US Business * Clarkson plc Clarkson PLC, trading as Clarksons, is a provider of shipping services, and is headquartered in London. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson (surname)
Clarkson is a common England, English surname. Etymology It is derived from a patronymic form of an occupational name. The surname means "son of the clerk", and refers to a scribe or secretary. The surname is derived from the Old English ''clerc'', , which means priest; the Old English words were later reinforced by the Old French form of the word ''clerc''. Both the Old English and Old French words are from the Late Latin ''clericus'', which is derived from the Greek language, Greek , which is in turn a derivative of ''kleros'', which means "inheritance", "legacy"., which cited: , for the surname "Clarkson". An early instances of the surname in England, English records is "le Clerkissone", in 1308; "Clerksone", in 1332; and "Clarkson", in 1491.. Persons with the surname *Adrienne Clarkson (born 1939), Governor General of Canada *Alastair Clarkson (born 1968), Australian football player and coach *A. E. Clarkson (Albert Ernest Clarkson 1876–1936), South Australian businessman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Missouri
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border .... History A post office called Clarkson was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1903. The community was named after a postal official. References Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{LawrenceCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson Plc
Clarkson PLC, trading as Clarksons, is a provider of shipping services, and is headquartered in London. In 2011, Lloyd's List described the company's shipbroking service as the "undisputed heavyweight of the shipbroking market". It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded by Horace Anderton Clarkson in London in 1852. The son of a prosperous lawyer, he invited Leon Benham, a former colleague, to join him in partnership. Benham's son Henry soon joined the business. In the 1850s the business involved sailing ships, but by the 1860s the company was chartering steam ships. In 1872 Clarksons became shipowners with the acquisition of three schooners. The company became the world's largest tanker broker in 1929 when Esso appointed Clarksons as its exclusive shipbroker. The first overseas office opened in New York City in 1954. Offices soon followed in France, Australia and Germany, and in the 1960s, South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson University
Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York. Clarkson has additional graduate programs and research facilities in the New York Capital District. It was established in 1896 and enrolled over 4,000 students in 2024. Students pursue bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in each of its schools and institutes: the David D. Reh School of Business, Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, and Institute for STEM Education. The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Clarkson's athletic teams, known as the Golden Knights, compete with 20 varsity teams. While predominantly an NCAA Division III school competing in the Liberty League, both men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Division I ECAC Hockey. The women's hockey program has won three NCAA championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson College
Clarkson College is a private college in Omaha, Nebraska focused on the health sciences. The institution was founded in 1888 by Meliora Clarkson following the death of her husband Bishop Robert Clarkson of the Episcopal Church. It is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine. Total student enrollment was 1,178 in fall 2018. History In 1869, the Omaha Good Samaritan Hospital opened in Omaha, Nebraska, and seven months later, the hospital was transferred to the care of Bishop Clarkson. After his death in 1884, his wife, Meliora, worked with deaconesses of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to establish a training school for nurses within the hospital. The Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing was established in 1888 as the first training school for nurses in the state of Nebraska with its first class graduating in 1890. In 1902, the Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing began offering a three-year program, which it maintained for the first half of the twentieth century. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Texas
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ..., the community had a population of 10 in 2000. History A post office was established at Clarkson in 1889 and remained in operation until 1906. Its population was reported as 50 in the 1940s, a figure which declined to 10 from 1990 through 2000. Geography Clarkson is located on Farm to Market Road 1445, northeast of Cameron in northern Milam County. Education In 1903, Clarkson had a one-teacher school for 43 White students and a two-teacher school for 105 black students. They joined the Cameron Independent School District in the early 1950s. See also * U.S. Route 77 in Texas References Unincorporated com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Oklahoma
Clarkson was a small community located north of the Cimarron River in Payne County, Oklahoma Territory. Founded by Dunkers (Church of the Brethren), the post office opened January 31, 1890, with Grant T. Johnson as the postmaster. The post office closed February 28, 1903. On January 3, 1894, members of the Doolin Gang held up the community store and post office taking supplies, tobacco, cash, and registered mail. The only remaining trace of the community is the cemetery. See also * List of ghost towns in Oklahoma The U.S. state of Oklahoma has an estimated two thousand ghost towns. These towns began for a number of reasons, often as liquor towns, boomtowns, or mining towns, with some pre-dating statehood. The population and activity later declined in ... References Bibliography *Foreman, Grant"Early Post Offices" ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. 6:2 (June 1928) 155–162. (accessed March 16, 2007) *Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Okla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Ohio
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. History Clarkson was platted in February 1816 by Robert Hanna, who moved there in a conestoga wagon with his wife. It was surveyed by William Heald. Hanna built and resided in a log tavern at the intersection of two roads. This building was later known as the Edward McGinnis tavern. In 1817, James Monroe, while President of the United States, visited his cousin, Catherine Hanna, in Clarkson. A post office was established in Clarkson in 1833 and remained until 1935. By 1879, Clarkson had two churches, three stores, and about 30 houses. An early settler and businessman was Milo Warrick who, in 1840, was a cabinet maker and undertaker in Clarkson. His son, Clement Vlandingham Warrick, opened a general store in Clarkson in 1885. He established the first Standard Oil dealership in Ohio, holding vendor's license Number 1. Bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd was shot and killed by FBI agents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson (CDP), New York
Clarkson is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Clarkson in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 4,694 at the 2020 census, out of 6,904 in the entire town of Clarkson. Geography The Clarkson CDP is in the southern part of the town of Clarkson, centered on the intersection of State Routes 19 and 104. The CDP is bordered to the south by the village of Brockport and the town of Sweden. Route 19 (Lake Road) leads north to Hamlin and to its terminus at Lake Ontario, while to the south it leads through Brockport and continues to Bergen, away. Route 104 ( Ridge Road) leads east to the northern part of Rochester and west to Lewiston at the Niagara River. State Route 260 (Sweden-Walker Road) forms the eastern border of the Clarkson CDP and leads north to Lake Ontario and south to Route 31 in Sweden. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Clarkson CDP has an area of , all land. The area is drained to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, New York
Clarkson is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, New York (state), New York, United States, on the western border of the county and west of the city of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, Rochester. The population was 6,904 at the 2020 census. The town is named after General Matthew Clarkson. History Matthew Clarkson was an extensive landowner in this locality, who gave to the town. Clarkson was formed from the town of Murray, New York, Murray on April 2, 1819. Clarkson was reduced to form the town of Union (the present town of Hamlin, New York, Hamlin) in 1852. It has been claimed that Moddy Freeman was the first settler in Clarkson. James Sayres purchased at Clarkson Corners in 1804 and was the first settler on the Ridge Road. Eli Blodgett also settled here in 1804, and there were many others prior to 1809. In 1819 and a year or two thereafter, settlement and development progressed rapidly. It was the home of Henry R. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Nebraska
Clarkson is a city in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. History Clarkson was platted in 1886 when it was certain that a new railroad line extended to the site. It was named for T. S. Clarkson, a postal official who helped establish the town's first post office. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Clarkson is located in northeast Nebraska, three miles west of the junction of Nebraska Highways 15 and 91. Clarkson lies 35 miles southeast of Norfolk; 35 miles northeast of Columbus; 85 miles northwest of Omaha; and 90 miles northwest of Lincoln. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 658 people, 285 households, and 168 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 342 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other races, and 0.6% from two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Maryland
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated in the community from September 14, 1889, to October 31, 1931. Clarkson was the site of strategic simulations by the U.S. Army in 1922 training manuals. See also Columbia, Maryland Columbia is a planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States, consisting of 10 self-contained villages. With a population of 104,681 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the second-most-populous community in Maryland ... References Year of establishment missing Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland {{HowardCountyMD-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
