Bancroft
Encyclopedia
People
- The Bancroft familyBancroft familyThe Bancroft family are the former owners of Dow Jones & Company — publishers of the Wall Street Journal — which is now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation .- The family :...
, previous owners of Dow Jones & Company - Aaron Bancroft (1755-1839), Colonial American clergyman and Revolutionary War soldier
- Ann BancroftAnn BancroftAnn Bancroft is an American author, teacher, and adventurer. She was the first woman to successfully finish a number of arduous expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.-Biography:...
(b. 1955), American explorer - Anne BancroftAnne BancroftAnne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....
(1931-2005), American actress - Billy BancroftBilly BancroftBilly Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(1871-1959), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer - Dave BancroftDave BancroftDavid James "Beauty" Bancroft was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1930. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame....
(1891-1972), American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame - Edward BancroftEdward BancroftEdward Bancroft was an American physician and double-agent spy during the American Revolution.He worked as a spy for Benjamin Franklin in Britain before the Revolution, and also while serving as secretary to the American Commission in Paris...
(1744-1821), American double agent in the American Revolutionary War - Frederick BancroftFrederick BancroftJames Frederick Bancroft was a Canadian educator.Educated in Chester, Frederick Bancroft moved to Newfoundland, where in 1877 he began teaching in the Methodist school at Little Bay Islands. He subsequently taught in Church of England schools at Pass Island, English Harbour, Chance Cove, and Bay...
(1855-1929), Canadian educator - George BancroftGeorge BancroftGeorge Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845...
(1800-1891), American historian, statesman, and Secretary of the Navy (1845-1846) - George Bancroft (actor)George Bancroft (actor)George Bancroft was an American Hollywood film actor of the 1920s and '30s.-Biography:Bancroft was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1882. During his early days as a sailor he staged plays on board ship. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, but left the Navy to become a "black...
(1882-1956), American actor - H. Hugh BancroftH. Hugh BancroftHenry Hugh Bancroft was a British organist and composer who was organist of fivecathedrals.He was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire,and studied music with E.P. Guthrie and J.S...
(1904-1988), British organist and composer - Hubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe Bancroft was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote and published works concerning the western United States, Texas, Mexico, Central America, British Columbia and Alaska.-Biography:...
(1832-1918), American historian and ethnologist - Jack BancroftJack BancroftJack Bancroft , born John Bancroft, was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC...
(1879-1942), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer - Milton Herbert Bancroft (1867-1947), American Painter
- Richard BancroftRichard BancroftArchbishop Richard Bancroft, DD, BD, MA, BA was an English churchman, who became Archbishop of Canterbury and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.-Life:...
(1544-1610), English clergyman and Archbishop of Canterbury (1604-1610) - Squire BancroftSquire BancroftSir Squire Bancroft , born Squire White Butterfield, was an English actor-manager. He and his wife Effie Bancroft are considered to have instigated a new form of drama known as 'drawing-room comedy' or 'cup and saucer drama', owing to the realism of their stage sets.-Early life and career:Bancroft...
(1841-1926), English actor and manager - Wilder Dwight BancroftWilder Dwight BancroftWilder Dwight Bancroft was an American physical chemist.Born in Middletown, Rhode Island, he received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1888, a Ph.D. from University of Leipzig in 1892, and honorary SCDs from Lafayette College and Cambridge University...
(1867-1953), American physical chemist
Places
United Kingdom:- Bancroft, Milton Keynes
Canada:
- Bancroft, OntarioBancroft, OntarioBancroft is a town located on the York River in Hastings County in the Canadian province of Ontario.- History :In 1853 the first pioneer family settled in the area, and over the next 15 years the settlement grew quickly, as another 88 families followed...
United States:
- Bancroft, CaliforniaBancroft, CaliforniaBancroft is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California. It is located on the Sacramento Northern Railroad north-northeast of downtown Walnut Creek, at an elevation of 89 feet . With the name Hookston, the place was on the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railroad....
- Bancroft, IdahoBancroft, IdahoBancroft is a city in the Gem Valley of Caribou County, Idaho, United States. The population was 382 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bancroft is located at , in the Portneuf Valley. It is a railroad town and lies on the historic route of old U.S. Highway 30...
- Bancroft, IowaBancroft, IowaBancroft is a city in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. The population was 808 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bancroft is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Bancroft, KentuckyBancroft, KentuckyBancroft is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 536 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bancroft is located at ....
- Bancroft, MaineBancroft, MaineBancroft is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 61 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
- Bancroft, MichiganBancroft, MichiganBancroft is a village in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 616 at the 2000 census. The village is located in the southeast part of Shiawassee Township...
- Bancroft, MinneapolisBancroft, MinneapolisBancroft is a neighborhood within the Powderhorn community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are East 38th Street to the north, Chicago Avenue to the west, East 42nd Street to the south and Cedar Avenue to the east....
, Minnesota - Bancroft, NebraskaBancroft, NebraskaBancroft is a village in Cuming County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 520 at the 2000 census.John Neihardt, who later became Nebraska's poet laureate, lived in Bancroft for twenty years and wrote many of his works there. His study is preserved at the John G...
- Bancroft, South DakotaBancroft, South DakotaBancroft is a town in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 19 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bancroft is located at ....
- Bancroft, West VirginiaBancroft, West VirginiaBancroft is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 587 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bancroft is located at ....
- Bancroft, WisconsinBancroft, WisconsinBancroft is an unincorporated census-designated place in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 535. It is included in the Stevens Point, Wisconsin Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Bancroft Township (disambiguation) (multiple places)
Literature
- Bancroft Pons, a fictional character in the Solar Pons stories by August Derleth
- Bancroft PrizeBancroft PrizeThe Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
, an American literary award from Columbia University
Schools
- Bancroft Elementary, a public pre K-6 elementary school located in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States
- Bancroft Middle School (Los Angeles, California), a public middle school located in Los Angeles, California, in the United States
- Bancroft Middle School (San Leandro, California), a public middle school located in San Leandro, California, in the United States
- Bancroft's SchoolBancroft's SchoolBancroft's School is a co-educational independent school in Woodford Green, London. The school has around 1,000 pupils aged between 7 and 18...
, an independent school in Woodford Green, London, in the United Kingdom - Bancroft SchoolBancroft SchoolLocated on a campus in Worcester, Massachusetts, Bancroft School is an independent, coeducational, K-12, college-preparatory day school serving the communities of Central Massachusetts and MetroWest Boston....
, a private K-12 school in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States - Bancroft School of Massage TherapyBancroft School of Massage TherapyThe Bancroft School of Massage Therapy, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, was founded in 1950 by Henry LaFleur, proprietor of the Bancroft Health Center, a facility specializing in Swedish Massage and Sports Massage since 1938...
in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States
Ships
- Bancroft (motor vessel)Bancroft (motor vessel)The Bancroft is a preserved glass-cabin launch, built in 1925 by the City of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She is a documented work vessel of five net tons, licensed to carry six or less passengers for hire in the coasting trade. She has a registered length of 28.7 feet, her beam is 8.6 feet,...
, a 1925 ship preserved in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States - USCS BancroftUSCS BancroftUSCS Bancroft was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1846 to 1862....
, a schooner in commission as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1846 to 1862 - USS BancroftUSS BancroftThree ships of the United States Navy have been named Bancroft in honor of George Bancroft.*The , was a gunboat, launched in 1892, commissioned in 1893 and decommissioned in 1906....
, the name of more than one United States Navy ship - USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643)|...
, a United States Navy fleet ballistic missile submarine in commission from 1966 to 1993
Other
- Bancroft (crater)Bancroft (crater)Bancroft is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater located to the southwest of Archimedes on the Mare Imbrium. A wide, shallow depression runs from the rim of Bancroft southeast to the Montes Archimedes. There are some clefts at the edge of the mare to the west and southwest of the crater.Bancroft was...
, a crater on the Moon - Bancroft HallBancroft HallBancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is the largest single dormitory in the world. Bancroft Hall, named after former Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, is home for the entire brigade of 4,000 midshipmen, and contains some 1,700 rooms, of corridors, and of...
, dormitory at the United States Naval Academy - Bancroft LibraryBancroft LibraryThe Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library of the University of California, Berkeley. It was acquired as a gift/purchase from its founder, Hubert Howe Bancroft, with the proviso that it retain the name Bancroft Library in perpetuity...
at the University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley, California, in the United States, named in Hubert Howe Bancroft's honor and started with his collection - Bancroft MillsBancroft MillsBancroft Mills is an abandoned mill complex along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It has been the site of some of the earliest and most famous mills near Wilmington and was the largest and longest running complex along the Brandywine....
, a factory in Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States - Bancroft PointBancroft pointA Bancroft point is the temperature where an azeotrope occurs in a binary system. Although vapor liquid azeotropy is impossible for binary systems which are rigorously described by Raoult's law, for real systems, azeotropy is inevitable at temperatures where the saturation vapor pressure of the...
, a real binary system where the components have equal saturation pressure and exhibit azeotropy