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Throop may refer to: Locations * Throop, Dorset * Throop, New York, a town in Cayuga County * Throop, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lackawanna County * Throop College, the original name of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) * Throop Peak, in the San Gabriel Mountains, California People * Adam Throop (born 1977), American soccer player * Amos G. Throop (1811–1894), founder of Caltech * Arthur Throop (1884–1973), Canadian ice hockey player * Enos T. Throop (1784–1874), Governor of New York * Frances Hunt Throop (1860-1933), American painter * George B. Throop (1793–1854), New York and Michigan politician * George H. Throop (1818–1896), American teacher and novelist * George R. Throop, scholar of Greek and Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis * George Throop (baseball) George Lynford Throop (born November 24, 1950) is a retired American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Throop appeared in 30 games — all in relie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throop, Dorset
Throop is a village in the civil parish of Throop and Holdenhurst, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in Dorset, England, situated on the outskirts of Bournemouth. It is renowned for its expansive fishing industry. Geography and administration Although within the historic county boundaries of Hampshire, at the time of the 1974 local government re-organization it was considered desirable that the whole of what is now called the South East Dorset conurbation, which includes Bournemouth and Poole, should be part of the same county. Throop is currently part of the Throop and Muscliff Ward within the Bournemouth borough council and is close to the River Stour featuring countryside views over the Stour Valley. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 8,882. Also in the area is Muccleshell. History Throop village has existed for many years and is described in various historical texts relating to the Bournemouth area – in 1842 it is referred to as a "Plea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throop, New York
Throop ( ) is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The town is at the northern city line of Auburn and is in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The population was 1,990 at the 2010 census. The town is named after former New York Governor Enos T. Throop, a resident of Cayuga County. History The area was used for hunting by the Cayuga people. Throop was within the Central New York Military Tract, reserved for war veterans. Settlement began ''circa'' 1790. The town of Throop was formed in 1859 from parts of the towns of Aurelius, Mentz and Sennett. The town is best known for the wide variety of colorful houses found throughout its various neighborhoods. These colors can range anywhere from a muted taupe to a bronzed eggshell. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.59%, is water. New York State Route 38 is a north–south highway in Throop. The Owasco Outlet is a small river flowin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throop, Pennsylvania
Throop is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjoining Scranton. Formerly, coal mining and silk manufacturing provided employment for the people of Throop, who numbered 2,204 in 1900 and 5,133 in 1910. In 1940, 7,382 people lived in Throop. The population was 4,078 at the 2020 census. Geography Throop is located at (41.445536, -75.614494). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. It is bordered to the northeast by Olyphant, to the north by Blakely, to the northwest by Dickson City, to the west by Scranton, and to the south by Dunmore. History and notable features On April 7, 1911, a fire at the Price-Pancoast Colliery killed 72 coal miners in what has been described as "the most appalling mine disaster in the history of the northern anthracite coal fields." The borough contains a lead-contaminated parcel of land commonly known as the Marjol Battery site. Now owned by Gould Electronics, the empty l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throop College
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences. The institution was founded as a preparatory and vocational school by Amos G. Throop in 1891 and began attracting influential scientists such as George Ellery Hale, Arthur Amos Noyes, and Robert Andrews Millikan in the early 20th century. The vocational and preparatory schools were disbanded and spun off in 1910, and the college assumed its present name in 1920. In 1934, Caltech was elected to the Association of American Universities, and the antecedents of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech continues to manage and operate, were established between 1936 and 1943 under Theodore von Kármán. Caltech has six academic divisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throop Peak
Throop Peak ( ) is a peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles County, California. The high peak provides views of both the Mojave Desert and the Los Angeles Basin all the way to the ocean. The peak was named for Amos G. Throop, founder of Caltech, formerly called Throop College. The peak marks the northwestern boundary of the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. Access A trailhead for climbing Throop Peak is located at Dawson Saddle along the Angeles Crest Highway. The route goes through a forest of Jeffrey Pine, Sugar Pine, and the high elevation Lodgepole Pine with some White Fir ''Abies concolor'', the white fir, concolor fir, or Colorado fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae. This tree is native to the mountains of western North America, including the Sierra Nevada and southern Rocky Mountains, and int .... Climbing Season The most popular seasons for climbing Throop Peak are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Amos or AMOS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (film), a 1985 American made-for-television drama film * Amos (guitar), a 1958 Gibson Flying V * Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968 People and religious figures * Amos (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Amos (prophet), a Jewish prophet from the 8th century BCE, and the author of the Book of Amos Technology * AMOS, or Advanced Mortar System, a 120 mm automatic twin-barreled, breech-loaded mortar turret * AMOS (programming language), a dialect of BASIC on the Amiga computer * Alpha Micro Operating System, a proprietary operating system used in Alpha Microsystems minicomputers * IBM SPSS Amos, a statistical software package by IBM used in structural equation modeling, companion software in the SPSS family * Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Throop
Arthur Leonard "Art" Throop (August 19, 1884 – June 24, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Westminster Royals (1913–14) and Portland Rosebuds (1914–15) of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time with the club he was involved in a 1907 FAHL game which saw the death of Bud McCourt. He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player's stick during a brawl that ensued that game. Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets. Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital. page 53, June 30, 1973. He was the last surviving former player of the |
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Enos or Enosh (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Standard ''Enosh'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''ʼĔnôš''; "mortal man”) may refer to: People in religious scripture * Enos (biblical figure), a genealogical figure in the Bible. * The Book of Enos, one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon ** Enos (Book of Mormon prophet), author of the Book of Enos People Single name * Enosh (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East between 877 and 884 Given name * Enos Cabell (born 1949), American baseball player * Enos D. Hopping (1805–1847), U.S. Army general of the Mexican–American War * Enos Stanley Kroenke (born 1947), American businessman * Enos McLeod (born 1946), Jamaican reggae singer and music producer * Enos Semore (1931–2025), American college baseball coach * Enos T. Throop (1784–1874), Governor of NY State * Enos Warren Persons (1836–1899), American politician * Enos Slaughter (1916–2002), American baseball playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Hunt Throop
Frances Hunt Throop (1860–1933) was an American painter. She was known for her portraiture and still life painting. Biography Throop was born in 1860 in New York City. She studied at the Art Students League of New York. She was a member of the Brooklyn Art Association and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. Throop exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Family Throop's grandfather was George B. Throop, a New York state senator and later Michigan state representative; her great-uncle Enos T. Throop was the governor of New York from 1829 to 1832. In 1894, she married lawyer Samuel H. Ordway (1860–1934) (brother of businessman Lucius Pond Ordway, nephew of composer John Pond Ordway) and ended her painting career. Samuel Ordway and Frances Throop Ordway had two children, Frances Hanson Ordway (1898–1903) and Samuel H. Ordway Jr. (1900–1971). Samuel Jr. was, like his father, an adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
