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William VanDuzer Lawrence burial site. William Van Duzer Lawrence (1842–1927) was an American millionaire real-estate and pharmaceutical mogul who is best known for having founded Sarah Lawrence College in 1926 and Lawrence Hospital in 1909.
Lawrence financed the founding of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, which was named after him. In 1847, he founded a college that is today Lawrence University on 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of land that he had purchased in 1844 in the Fox River Valley. Some of the land he purchased became Appleton, Wisconsin, named for his father-in-law.
Amos A. Lawrence was the founder of Lawrence, Kansas (thus its name) through his work with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, founded the University of Kansas, and also helped found Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 December 2024. American businessman and entrepreneur (born 1944) Larry Ellison Ellison in 2010 Born Lawrence Joseph Ellison (1944-08-17) August 17, 1944 (age 80) New York City, U.S. Education University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (no degree) University of Chicago (no degree) Occupations Businessman ...
Lawrence Mark Sanger (/ ˈ s æ ŋ ər / ⓘ; [1] born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined Wikipedia's name, and provided initial drafts for many of its early guidelines, including the "Neutral point of view" and "Ignore all rules" policies.
Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducational institution.
“Samantha, aka TY Tim, was known for her chart success with Wee Papa Girl Rappers, a hip-hop pop duo that she founded with her older sister Sandra Lawrence, aka Total S.” ...
Lawrence was founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Company (NEEAC) and was named for Amos A. Lawrence, an abolitionist from Massachusetts, who offered financial aid and support for the settlement. [13] Lawrence was central to the Bleeding Kansas period (1854–1861), and the site of the Wakarusa War (1855) and the Sacking of Lawrence (1856).