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Blackwell
Blackwell may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Blackwell (series), ''Blackwell'' (series), adventure games for the PC * Blackwell, a character in the manga series ''Gals!'' * Blackwell (band), a US rock band formed by John Bundrick in 1969 * Blackwell Academy, a fictional school in the game ''Life Is Strange (video game), Life Is Strange'' * Richard Blackwell, (aka "Mr. Blackwell", 1922-2008), American fashion designer and critic, best known for his annual "worst dressed" lists Places Canada * Blackwell, Ontario United Kingdom * Blackwell, County Durham, England * Blackwell, Cumberland, Cumbria, England * Blackwell (historic house), Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England * Blackwell, Bolsover, Alfreton, Derbyshire, England * Blackwell, Warwickshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bla-Blac#Bla-Blac, location * Blackwell, West Sussex, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bla-Blac#Bla-Blac, location * Blackwell, Worcestershire, England * Blackwell in the Peak, Derbyshire, Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell, Oklahoma
Blackwell is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 177 and State Highway 11 along Interstate 35. The population was 6,085 as of the 2020 census. Blackwell was established following the September 16, 1893 Cherokee Outlet land run by A. J. Blackwell.Wilson, Linda Blackwell, OklahomaOklahoma Historical Society Blackwell has an agricultural and fossil fuel based economy. History Founding Blackwell came into existence during the Cherokee Outlet Opening on September 16, 1893, in the run known as the Cherokee Strip Land Run. The town is named for A. J. Blackwell, who was the dominant force in its founding. Andrew Blackwell had settled in the area in 1882, having married the former Rosa Vaught who was of Cherokee descent, he was eligible to found the city. Blackwell served as Justice of the Peace and Mayor of Blackwell."Blackwell, Andrew Jackson," ''Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell (series)
''Blackwell'' is a series of five graphic adventure video games from independent game developer Wadjet Eye Games, created by Dave Gilbert. The games' plots focus on Rosangela Blackwell, a spiritual medium, and her spirit guide Joey Mallone, who work to help ghosts transition to the afterlife. Games All five games are point-and-click graphic adventure games. The Blackwell Legacy The first game in the series, ''The Blackwell Legacy,'' was released on December 23, 2006. The protagonist of the game is Rosangela Blackwell (Rosa), who is a young freelance writer living a solitary life in New York City. Her only close relative, her aunt Lauren Blackwell, dies following years of being in a coma in the local hospital. Shortly afterward, Rosa is asked to write about a suicide in a college dorm for a small newspaper. Rosa experiences headaches throughout the day culminating in a ghost named Joey Mallone appearing in her apartment. He explains that she is a "medium" like her aunt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backwell
Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of North Somerset, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. In 2011 it had a population of 4,589. The village lies about southwest of Bristol, south of the A370 to Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Backwell Common, Backwell Green, and Backwell Farleigh, and the districts of Backwell West Town and Downside. Nearby are Nailsea, Flax Bourton, Yatton, Brockley and Barrow Gurney. History Backwell Hillfort between Flax Bourton and Backwell is an Iron Age hill fort. The village has a long history, appearing in the Domesday Book in 1086 with the name 'Bacoile' meaning 'The well back on the hill'. The parish was part of the hundred of Hartcliffe. The lords of the manor from the 12th to 17th centuries were the Rodneys. Walter de Rodney was given the manor for his support of the Empress Matilda against King Stephen. Backwell House is an historic house in the village which was ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell (microarchitecture)
Blackwell is a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia as the successor to the Hopper (microarchitecture), Hopper and Ada Lovelace (microarchitecture), Ada Lovelace microarchitectures. Named after statistician and mathematician David Blackwell, the name of the Blackwell architecture was leaked in 2022 with the B40 and B100 accelerators being confirmed in October 2023 with an official Nvidia roadmap shown during an investors presentation. It was officially announced at Nvidia's GTC 2024 keynote on March 18, 2024. History In March 2022, Nvidia announced the Hopper (microarchitecture), Hopper datacenter architecture for AI accelerators. Demand for Hopper products was high throughout 2023's AI hype. The lead time from order to delivery of H100-based servers was between 36 and 52 weeks due to shortages and high demand. Nvidia reportedly sold 500,000 Hopper-based H100 accelerators in Q3 2023 alone. Nvidia's AI dominance with Hopper products led to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell House
Blackwell House is a historic house on Roosevelt Island in New York City. The house's name comes from Jacob Blackwell, who built the house in 1796. He was the great-grandson of Robert Blackwell, who in 1686 took ownership of what was then known as Manning's Island and subsequently became the island's new namesake. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. See also * List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan on Islands *National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan on islands This is intended to be a complete list of historic properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places located on islands other than Manhattan Island Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically s ... References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Houses completed in 1796 Roosevelt Island 1796 establishments in New York (state) New York City Designated Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell (surname)
Blackwell is a surname of British origin. Notable people with the surname include: * A. J. Blackwell (1842–1903), American founder of and namegiver to Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma * Adam Blackwell, 21st century Canadian diplomat * Alan F. Blackwell (born 1962), New Zealand-British cognition scientist * Albert T. Blackwell Jr. (1925–2022), Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals * Alex Blackwell (born 1983), female cricketer for New South Wales and Australia, identical twin sister of Kate * Alex Blackwell (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player * Alexander Blackwell (1700–1747), Scottish adventurer, husband of Elizabeth Blackwell * Alice Stone Blackwell (1857–1950), American feminist, suffragist, journalist and human rights advocate * Anna Blackwell (1816–1900), English writer * Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921), American preacher and activist, first woman ordained as a minister in the US, wife of Samuel C. Blackwell * Basil Blackwell (1889 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell Publishing
Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was formed by the merger of John Wiley & Sons Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing in 2007. Wiley-Blackwell is now an imprint that publishes a diverse range of academic and professional fields, including biology, medicine, physical sciences, technology, social science, and the humanities. Blackwell Publishing history Blackwell Publishing was formed by the 2001 merger of two Oxford-based academic publishing companies, Blackwell Science, founded in 1939 as Blackwell Scientific Publishing, and Blackwell Publishers, founded in 1922 as Basil Blackwell & Mott. Blackwell Publishers, founded in 1926, had its origins in the 19th century Blackwell's family bookshop and publishing business. The merger between the two publishing companies created the world's leading learned society publisher. The group then acquired BMJ B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell's
Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones. It was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Henry Blackwell, after whom the chain is named, on Broad Street, Oxford. The brand now has a chain of 18 shops, and an accounts and library supply service. It employs around 1000 staff in its divisions. The Broad Street branches, which include speciality music and art/poster shops, remained the only ones until expansion in the early 1990s, when at peak after taking over Heffers in Cambridge in 1999 and James Thin in Scotland in 2002, the company had more than 70 outlets. Its library supply chain serves an international market, but parts were sold off in 2009, with the North American arm of Blackwell Book Services and the Australian business James Bennett sold to Baker & Taylor for their academic arm YBP Library Services. The group were also publishers, under the Blackwell publishing imprint, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blackwell (educator)
James Heyward Blackwell (February 5, 1864October 14, 1931) was an American educator and businessman. He was one of the first African Americans to serve as a principal in Virginia, founded several financial services companies for African Americans, and is the namesake of the Richmond neighborhood of Blackwell and the J.H. Blackwell Elementary School. Early life and education James Heyward Blackwell was born into slavery on February 5, 1864 in Marion, Virginia, the eldest of four children. By 1870, Blackwell's family had moved to Manchester, Virginia. Although his parents could not write or read, they encouraged Blackwell to pursue an education. In 1872, Blackwell began being tutored by Anthony Binga Jr., the only African American teacher in the public schools in Manchester. In 1880, Blackwell graduated from the Richmond Theological Institute. He later attended Virginia Union University and received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University. Career Education Blackwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell's Island
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It is about long, with an area of , and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States census. It consists of two largely residential communities: Northtown and Southtown. Roosevelt Island is owned by the city but was leased to the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) for 99 years in 1969. The island was called by the Lenape and (Hog Island) by the Dutch during the colonial era and later Blackwells Island. During much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the island was used by hospitals and prisons, with very limited access. It was renamed Welfare Island in 1921. Following several proposals to redevelop Welfare Island in the 1960s, the UDC leased the island, renamed it after former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1973, and redeveloped it as a series of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell Lake
Blackwell Lake is a lake in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so .... Blackwell Lake was named for George Blackwell, a pioneer who settled in the area in 1868. See also * List of lakes in Minnesota References Lakes of Minnesota Lakes of Douglas County, Minnesota {{DouglasCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwell (community), Wisconsin
Blackwell is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin. The population was 332 at the time of the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Blackwell is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Blackwell Junction is also located partially in the town. The town was named for sawmill owner John Blackwell. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.56%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 347 people, 45 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was 5.3 people per square mile (2.0/km2). There were 116 housing units at an average density of 1.8 per square mile (0.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 68.01% White, 1.44% African American, 27.67% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 1.44% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.31% of the population. There were 45 households, out of which 26.7% had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
