(Encyclopedia) Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, 1st earl of Stockton, 1894–1986, British statesman. A descendant of the founder of the publishing house of Macmillan and Company, he was educated at Eton…
(Encyclopedia) Kroto, Harry (Sir Harold Walter Kroto), 1939–2016, British chemist, b. Harold Walter Krotoschiner, Ph.D. Univ. of Sheffield, 1964. Kroto was the son of German parents who fled Nazi…
(Encyclopedia) Edward the Confessor, d. 1066, king of the English (1042–66), son of Æthelred the Unready and his Norman wife, Emma. After the Danish conquest (1013–16) of England, Edward grew up at…
NumberPercentTotal population545,524100.0SEX AND AGEMale264,09548.4Female281,42951.6Under 5 years36,3356.75 to 9 years34,0226.210 to 14 years31,5365.815 to 19 years36,9726.820 to 24 years46,…
NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over437,491100.0In labor force295,21767.5Civilian labor force294,83067.4Employed279,19663.8Unemployed15,6343.6Percent of civilian labor…
NumberPercentTotal housing units242,474100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached125,50751.81-unit, attached17,1577.12 units15,0216.23 or 4 units9,9334.15 to 9 units17,4977.210 to 19 units22,2439.…
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school135,426100.0Nursery school, preschool8,7796.5Kindergarten6,8705.1Elementary school (grades 1-8)53,42039.4High school…
(Encyclopedia) Lear, Edward, 1812–88, English humorist and artist. At 19 he was employed as a draftsman by the London Zoological Society; the paintings of parrots that he produced for The Family of…
(Encyclopedia) Waltham Holy Cross, town (1981 pop. 19,432), Essex, SE England. The abbey there, the Norman nave of which is used as a parish church, was built in 1030 to contain a cross found in…
(Encyclopedia) Hastings, city and district, East
Sussex, SE England. A resort and residential city, Hastings is backed by
cliffs and has a 3-mi (4.8-km…
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