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Boyden
Boyden may refer to: Places * Boyden Cave, a mile-long cavern located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest, California, United States * Boyden Gate, parish of Chislet, Kent, England * Boyden–Hull High School, in Hull, Iowa, United States * Boyden, Iowa, United States * Boyden Library in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States * Boyden Observatory, South Africa * Seth Boyden House in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States People with the surname * Boyden Carpenter, American musician * C. Boyden Gray, American attorney * Amanda Boyden, American novelist * David Dodge Boyden, American musicologist * Edward Boyden, American neuroscientist * Elbridge Boyden, American architect * Frank Boyden Deerfield Academy Headmaster * Georgie Boyden St. John, American composer * Ian Boyden, American artist * James Boyden, British politician * Jennifer Boyden, American poet * John Boyden, British music industry executive * Joseph Boyden, Canadian novelist * Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyden, Iowa
Boyden is a city in Sioux County, Iowa, Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The population was 701 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Boyden's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 43.190221, -96.003698. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 707 people, 279 households, and 208 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 290 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 93.6% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.4% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.1% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 1.1% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 3.5% from Race (U.S. Census), other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census), Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census), Latino of any race were 9.5% of the population. There were 279 households, of which 34.1% had children un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyden Cave
Boyden Cavern is a show cave located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument of the Sequoia National Forest, along the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway in Fresno County, California. It is just west of Kings Canyon National Park. Cavern The cave is a solutional cave formed in Mesozoic marble ( metamorphosed limestone). It is a cave with many varieties of natural speleothems, including rare "shield" formations. Boyden Cave or Boyden Cavern is located in the deepest river cut canyon of the United States, the deep Kings Canyon. The cave entrance lies beneath the high marble walls of the famous Portals of the Kings, near the Kings River. Tours Regular tours of the cave are given by a licensed guide company from the last Friday in April to mid November. The tour includes the Pancake Room, a stalactite group called the Upside Down City, and a flowstone formation called Mother Nature's Wedding Cake. In the Bat Grotto bats spend summer days sleeping. The Drapery Room contains curtains, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Boyden
Jennifer Boyden (born 1969) is an American poet and teacher. Life Jennifer Boyden grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota. She attended Creighton University (B.A., Creative Writing), and Eastern Washington University (M.F.A., Creative Writing, With Distinction). Boyden's first book, ''The Mouths of Grazing Things'', was selected by Robert Pinsky to receive the Brittingham Prize in Poetry in 2010 (University of Wisconsin Press). Her poetry is primarily lyrical and imagistic, and her themes often relate to environmental issues. In 1999, she was awarded the PEN Northwest Wilderness Writing residency and lived in an isolated, remote wilderness region near the Rogue River in southern Oregon. Her work was influenced by this wilderness immersion. A later environmental project was funded by a grant from Washington State Artist Trust Gap Grants. For this project, Boyden walked hundreds of miles and wrote essays that arose from the walks. Boyden also collaborates with visual artists. Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uriah A
Uriah or Uriyah () is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to: People In the Bible *Uriah the Hittite, a soldier in King David's army in the Books of Samuel *Uriah, a priest under Ahaz in the Books of Kings * Uriah (prophet), a prophet murdered by Jehoiakim in the Book of Jeremiah *Uriah, a priest and the father of Meremoth in the Book of Ezra (8:33) and Book of Nehemiah (3:4, 21) *Uriah, a priest whom God offers to call as a witness in the Book of Isaiah (8:2) Other people *Uriah F. Abshier (1849-1934), American politician and businessman * Uriah Asante (1992–2016), Ghanaian footballer * Uriah Duffy (born 1975), American bassist *Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter * Uriah Hall (born 1984), Jamaican mixed martial arts fighter *Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862), American naval commander * Uriah Rennie (born 1959), English football referee * Uriah M. Rose (1834–1913), American lawyer * Uriah Smith (1832–1903) American photographer * Uriah Smith Stephens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Boyden
Seth Boyden (November 17, 1788 – March 31, 1870) was an American inventor. Early life He was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts, on November 17, 1788, the son of Seth Boyden and Susannah Atherton. His father was a farmer and blacksmith. His younger brother was Uriah A. Boyden. Career He worked as a watchmaker and moved to Newark, New Jersey. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat. He is also credited with having invented a cut off switch for steam engines and a method for producing zinc from ore. At the time of his death, he told friends that he had, even at that time, enough experiments on hand to last two whole lifetimes."Birthday Banquet Recalls Genius," ''Nation's Business,'' April 1926, pg. 70 In 1818, Boyden received a piece of German manufactured high-gloss leather (said to be a German military cap front) from a local carriage manufacturer and used that to investiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philo Boyden Philo Quincy Boyden (January 4, 1829 – 1922) was an American pharmacist from Hudson, Wisconsin, who served two one-year terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Background Boyden was born in Washington County, Indiana, on January 4, 1829, the seventh of nine children of David and Rebecca Boyden. His father was a former mason who became a physician. He received a common school education, and became a druggist by trade. He moved from Washington County to Madison County, Indiana, in 1851. He moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, in 1859, becoming a pioneering druggist of the area. He was one of the thirteen original incorporators and shareholders of the Wisconsin Railway Company organized on June 14, 1863, which would later become part of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. Public office Boyden was elected mayor of the city of Hudson in 1872, without opposition. He was elected to the Assembly's St. Croix County district in 1874 as a member of the Reform Party (a short-liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |
