Pierpont may refer to:
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Francis Harrison Pierpont
Francis Harrison Pierpont (January 25, 1814March 24, 1899), called the "Father of West Virginia," was an American lawyer and politician who achieved prominence during the American Civil War. During the conflict's first two years, Pierpont served ...
(1814–1899), Governor of Virginia
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Harry Pierpont
Harry "Pete" Pierpont (October 13, 1902 – October 17, 1934) was a Prohibition era gangster, convicted murderer and bank robber. He was a friend and mentor to John Dillinger.
Described as handsome and soft-spoken, Pierpont was a bright, natural- ...
(1902–1934), Prohibition-era gangster
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James Pierpont (minister)
James Pierpont ''or'' Pierrepont (January 4, 1659 – November 22, 1714) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States.
Early life
Pierpont was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on ...
(1659–1714), founder of Yale University
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James Lord Pierpont
James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893)Lewis, DaveJames Pierpont Biography, AllMusic, retrieved December 16, 2011 was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and Confederate States of America, Confederate States so ...
(1822–1893), musician and soldier
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James Pierpont (mathematician)
James P. Pierpont (June 16, 1866 – December 9, 1938) was an American mathematician born in Connecticut.
Life
His father Cornelius Pierpont was a wealthy New Haven businessman. He did undergraduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Instit ...
(1866–1938), American mathematician
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John Pierpont
John Pierpont (April 6, 1785 – August 27, 1866) was an American poet, who was also successively a teacher, lawyer, merchant, and Unitarian minister. His poem '' The Airs of Palestine'' made him one of the best-known poets in the U.S. in his da ...
(1785–1866), American poet, teacher, lawyer, merchant, and minister
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Lena Pierpont (1883–1958), Prohibition-era figure
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Pierpont (Australian Financial Review) (born 1937), alter-ego of Trevor Sykes, financial journalist
Middle name
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John Pierpont Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ...
(1837–1913), American financier and banker
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John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
John Pierpont Morgan Jr. (September 7, 1867 – March 13, 1943) was an American banker and finance executive. He inherited the family fortune and took over the business interests including J.P. Morgan & Co. after his father J. P. Morgan died in ...
(1867–1943), American banker, finance executive, and philanthropist
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Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American aviation pioneer, astronomer and physicist who invented the bolometer. He was the third secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a professor of astronomy a ...
(1834–1906), American astronomer, and physicist, inventor
Places in the United States
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Pierpont, South Dakota
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Pierpont, Ohio
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Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Pierpont Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,158 people in the township.
Geography
Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Pierpont, Missouri
Pierpont is a village in Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 64 at the 2020 census. The village, located south of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park at Ro ...
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Pierpont, Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Pierpont, Wyoming County, West Virginia
Pierpont is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ...
Educational institution
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Pierpont Community and Technical College
Pierpont Community & Technical College (Pierpont) is a public community college in Fairmont, West Virginia. Founded in 1974, it has the second largest enrollment of the community and technical colleges that make up the West Virginia Community ...
, West Virginia
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Pierrepont (disambiguation)
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