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Robeson County Church And Civic Center
Robeson may refer to: *Robeson Channel *Robeson County, North Carolina *Robeson Township, Pennsylvania People with the surname * Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895–1965), wife and business manager of singer Paul Robeson * George M. Robeson (1829–1897), American politician and lawyer *Kenneth Robeson, house name used by Street and Smith Publications *Paul Robeson Paul Leroy Robeson ( ; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his ... (1898–1976), American entertainer and activist * Paul Robeson, Jr. (1927–2014), his son, an author, archivist and historian See also * Robison (other) * Roberson (other) {{disambiguation, geo, surname Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robeson Channel
Robeson Channel () is a body of water lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It is the most northerly part of Nares Strait, linking Hall Basin to the south with the Arctic Ocean to the north. The Newman Fjord in Greenland has its mouth in the Robeson Channel. It is about in length and between wide. Alert, the world's most northerly permanently inhabited settlement, lies nearby. It was named during the 1871 Polaris Expedition, for American George Robeson George Maxwell Robeson (March 16, 1829 – September 27, 1897) was an American politician and lawyer from New Jersey. A brigadier general in the New Jersey Militia during the American Civil War, he served as Secretary of the Navy, appointed by Pr ..., Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration. Further reading * Chow, R. K. ''Near-Surface Current in Robeson Channel''. Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, 1975. * Dunbar, Moira, and John E. Keys. ''Robeson Chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |