Winthrop may refer to:
Places
United States
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Winthrop, Arkansas
Winthrop is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 192 at the 2010 census. The community was a backdrop for the Winthrop Rockefeller election campaigns in the 1960s.
Geography
Winthrop is located in northwe ...
*Winthrop, Connecticut is a village in
Deep River, Connecticut
Deep River is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut. The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census. The town center is designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP). Deep River is part of what the locals call the "Tri-t ...
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Winthrop, Indiana
Winthrop is a small unincorporated community in Warren Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Winthrop was platted on March 3, 1884 by farmer Jacob Morgan Rhode (d. February 8, 1919); the name probably comes from a person ...
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Winthrop, Iowa
Winthrop is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 823 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
Winthrop was platted in 1857.
Geography
Winthrop is located at (42.47241 ...
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Winthrop, Maine
Winthrop is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,121 at the 2020 census. Winthrop's population, however, approximately doubles during the summer months as part-year residents return to seasonal camps located o ...
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Winthrop (CDP), Maine
Winthrop is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the primary settlement in the town of Winthrop in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,650 at the 2010 census, out of 6,092 in the town of Winthrop as a whole.
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Winthrop, Massachusetts
Winthrop is a town in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor, close to Logan Int ...
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Winthrop, Minnesota
Winthrop is a city in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,399 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Winthrop has been in operation since 1882. Winthrop was incorporated as a city in 1910.
Geography
Accordi ...
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Winthrop, Missouri Winthrop is an unincorporated community in southwest Buchanan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is just east of the Missouri River and Atchison, Kansas on US Route 59 and Missouri routes 45 and 273. Rushville is approximately ...
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Winthrop, New York
Winthrop is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Stockholm in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 510.
The community is in northeastern St. Lawrence County, in the nort ...
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Winthrop, Washington
Winthrop is a town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. It is east of Mazama and north of Twisp. The population was 349 at the 2000 census, and it increased to 394 at the 2010 census.
History
Winthrop was incorporated on March 12, 1 ...
Elsewhere
*Winthrop,
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
, England
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Winthrop, Ontario Winthrop is a very small village located on the southeastern part of Huron County, Ontario, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and nor ...
, Canada
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Winthrop, Western Australia
Winthrop is a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville.
History
Winthrop was originally a pine tree plantation owned by the University of Western Australia. The first blocks were sold in the early 1980s. ...
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Winthrop (crater)
Winthrop is the remnant of a lunar impact crater that has been flooded by lava from the Oceanus Procellarum. It was named after American astronomer John Winthrop. It lies across the western rim of the much larger crater Letronne, a much larger f ...
, the lava-flooded remnant of a lunar impact crater in the Oceanus Procellarum
People with the surname
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Winthrop (surname)
People with the given name
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Winthrop W. Aldrich
Winthrop Williams Aldrich GBE (November 2, 1885February 25, 1974) was an American banker and financier, scion of a prominent and powerful political family, and US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Early years
Aldrich was born in Rhode Islan ...
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Winthrop Ames
Winthrop Ames (November 25, 1870 – November 3, 1937) was an American theatre director and producer, playwright and screenwriter.
For three decades at the beginning of the 20th century, Ames was an important force on Broadway, whose repertoire ...
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Winthrop Smillie Boggs
Winthrop Smillie Boggs (December 20, 1902 – May 30, 1974) was a philatelist renowned for his expertise and philatelic writing.
Philatelic accomplishments
Boggs wrote a number of the definitive books in philately:
* The Foundations of Philately ...
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Winthrop G. Brown
Winthrop Gilman Brown (July 12, 1907 – May 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served in posts in Asia, including as United States Ambassador to South Korea from 1964 to 1967.
Biography
Winthop G. Brown was born in Seal Harb ...
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Winthrop Chandler
Winthrop Chandler (6 April 1747 – 29 July 1790) was an American artist known for his portraits, mainly of family members and neighbors, and a few landscapes. He also worked as an ornamental artist.
Life
Chandler was born on the family farm, ...
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Winthrop M. Crane
Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853October 2, 1920) was an American political figure and businessman.
In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer Crane & Co., an ...
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Winthrop More Daniels
Winthrop More Daniels (September 30, 1867 – January 3, 1944) was an American government official and university professor. A friend and onetime assistant of then-Professor Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson appointed Daniels, then a member of th ...
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Winthrop Kellogg Edey
Winthrop Kellogg "Kelly" Edey (1938–1999) was a noted collector and horologist who lived in Manhattan, New York City. His well-regarded collection of timepieces is now in the Frick Collection. Edey is the subject of several ''Screen Tests'' by ...
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Winthrop Sargent Gilman
Winthrop Sargent Gilman (28 March 1808 – 1 October 1884) was head of the banking house of Gilman, Son & Co. in New York City. Born and raised in Ohio, he had parents and ancestors from New England. Part of the family had already established the ...
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Winthrop Graham
Winthrop Graham (born 17 November 1965 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won two Olympic medals and three World Championship medals.
His personal best time was 47.60 seconds, achie ...
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Winthrop Jordan
Winthrop Donaldson Jordan (November 11, 1931 – February 23, 2007) was an American historian and professor who specialized in the history of slavery in the United States and racism against Black Americans. His 1968 work ''White Over Black: ...
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Winthrop Kellogg
Winthrop Niles Kellogg (April 13, 1898 – June 22, 1972) was an American comparative psychologist who studied the behavior of a number of intelligent animal species.
Kellogg received his undergraduate degree at Indiana University after servi ...
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Winthrop Welles Ketcham
Winthrop Welles Ketcham (sometimes spelled Ketchum, June 29, 1820 – December 6, 1879) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsy ...
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Winthrop Palmer
Winthrop Hale "Ding" Palmer, Jr. (December 5, 1906 – February 4, 1970) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He died in Warehouse Point, Connecticut.
Early life
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Palmer g ...
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 180215 July 1839)—typically written as W. Mackworth Praed—was an English politician and poet.
Life
Early life
Praed was born in London, United Kingdom. The family name of Praed was derived from the ma ...
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He is one of the ...
(born: Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller)
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
Winthrop Paul "Win" Rockefeller (September 17, 1948 – July 16, 2006) was an American Republican politician and businessman who served as the 17th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1996 until his death in 2006. He was a member of the Rockef ...
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Winthrop Rutherfurd
Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd (February 4, 1862 – March 19, 1944) was an American socialite from New York, best known for his romance with Consuelo Vanderbilt and his marriage to Lucy Mercer, mistress to American President Franklin D. Rooseve ...
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Winthrop Sargeant
Winthrop Sargeant (December 10, 1903 – August 15, 1986) was an American music critic, violinist, and writer.
Early life
Sargeant was born in San Francisco, California on December 10, 1903. He studied violin in his native city with Albert Elk ...
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Winthrop Sargent
Winthrop Sargent (May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820) was a United States patriot, politician, and writer; and a member of the Federalist party.
Early life
Sargent was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts on May 1, 1753. He was one of eight children ...
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Winthrop Sargent (politician)
Winthrop Sargent (June 6, 1794 – October 3, 1866) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1840.
He was born in Barrington, Nova Scotia, the son o ...
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Winthrop H. Smith
Winthrop Hiram "Win" Smith (June 30, 1893 – January 10, 1961) was an American businessman and investment banker. He was notable as a name partner of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith.
Biography
He was born on June 30, 1893, in South Hadl ...
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Winthrop H. Smith Jr.
Winthrop Hiram "Win" Smith Jr. (born 1949 in New York, New York) is the former executive vice president of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Chairman of Merrill Lynch International, Inc. He spent 27 years at Merrill Lynch, beginning in 1974, after receivi ...
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Winthrop E. Stone
Winthrop Ellsworth Stone (June 12, 1862 – July 17, 1921) was a professor of chemistry and served as the president of Purdue University from 1900–1921.
Biography Youth and career
Born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, to Frederick L. Stone a ...
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Paul Winthrop McCobb
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Geoffrey Winthrop Young
Geoffrey Winthrop Young (25 October 1876 – 8 September 1958) was a British climber, poet and educator, and author of several notable books on mountaineering.
Young was born in Kensington, the middle son of Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet (see ...
Other uses
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''Winthrop'' (comic strip), a discontinued comic strip created by Dick Cavalli
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Winthrop House
John Winthrop House (commonly Winthrop House) is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. It is home to approximately 400 upperclass undergraduates.
Winthrop house consists of two buildings, Standish Hall and Gore ...
, a dormitory at Harvard University
* Winthrop Laboratories, a pharmaceuticals company that became part of
Sterling Drug
Sterling Drug was an American global pharmaceutical company, also known as Sterling Winthrop, Inc. in its last years (after the merger with Winthrop-Stearns Inc. which itself resulted from the merger of ''Winthrop Chemical Company Inc.'' and '' ...
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Winthrop University
Winthrop University is a public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was founded in 1886 by David Bancroft Johnson, who served as the superintendent of Columbia, South Carolina, schools. He received a grant from Robert Charles Winthrop, a ...
, in Rock Hill, South Carolina
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NYU Winthrop Hospital
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
, in Mineola, New York
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