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Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in.
The Mexican–American War is the most common source, but other wars such as the Napoleonic Wars and World War I are also represented. There is a small number of names whose origins do not fall into the above categories: some were given by railroad companies or taken from books the people naming the town had been reading.
Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city. Utrecht is home to Utrecht University, the largest university in the
The Old Catholic Church of Slovakia was expelled from the Union of Utrecht in 2004, because the episcopal administrator Augustin Bacinsky had been consecrated by an episcopus vagans. [48] At present, the only recognized Christian church in America that is in communion with the Union of Utrecht is the Episcopal Church. [49]
Rutgers modified the Utrecht seal to read "Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra"; embracing the Western world, meaning "Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also." The boards of governors and trustees approved a revised seal for the university 1997 that includes the words "Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey" and adds the 1766 ...
Benjamin Moser, earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Utrecht University received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 2020 for his biography of Susan Sontag, titled Sontag: Her Life and Work. Andrew Murray, a South African writer, teacher and Christian pastor
From New Orleans to Los Angeles, these iconic streets are tourist attractions themselves.
Also, the American state of Rhode Island is a surviving example of Dutch influence in Colonial America. In 1614, was christened as Roodt Eylandt ( Rood Eiland in modern Dutch ), meaning "Red Island", referring to the red clay found on the island.