Courant
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Courant may mean several things.
- Courant is a common word for "newspaperNewspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
". In 1618 the first periodical news sheets, called "corantos", went on sale in Amsterdam. This idea - for regular news updates - was adopted by publishers in London and on Sept 24, 1621, the first issue of an English weekly newspaper went on sale. It was called the "CoranteCoranteCorante: or, Newes from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France was the first English newspaper. The earliest of the seven known surviving copies is dated September 24, 1621 , and the latest is dated October 22 of that same year.As with its predecessors, of which the earliest surviving copy is...
" and subtitled "Weekely Newes". It only survived for 7 editions but its title, anglicised to "CourantCourantCourant may mean several things.* Courant is a common word for "newspaper". In 1618 the first periodical news sheets, called "corantos", went on sale in Amsterdam. This idea - for regular news updates - was adopted by publishers in London and on Sept 24, 1621, the first issue of an English weekly...
", survived. See, for instance, "Hexham CourantHexham CourantThe Hexham Courant is a weekly newspaper serving primarily the area known as Tynedale in Northumberland.First published in 1864 it now reaches around 45,000 people every week....
" - still published today - or "Newcastle Courant". More details can be found in "Making Haste from Babylon" by Nick Bunker, a history of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
's brother JamesJames Franklin (printer)James Franklin was an American colonial author, printer, newspaper publisher, and almanac publisher...
began a New England Courant in Boston. The Hartford CourantThe Hartford CourantThe Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury...
, founded in 1764, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. - CourantCourant, Charente-MaritimeCourant is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune of the Charente-MaritimeCharente-MaritimeCharente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
département, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... - Courant, in heraldryHeraldryHeraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
, signifying a running animal with all four paws raised - The Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesCourant Institute of Mathematical SciencesThe Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is an independent division of New York University under the Faculty of Arts & Science that serves as a center for research and advanced training in computer science and mathematics...
at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... - Courant, an alternative spelling for the Baroque danceBaroque danceBaroque dance is dance of the Baroque era , closely linked with Baroque music, theatre and opera.- English country dance :...
form, couranteCouranteThe courante, corrente, coranto and corant are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era....
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People
- Richard CourantRichard CourantRichard Courant was a German American mathematician.- Life :Courant was born in Lublinitz in the German Empire's Prussian Province of Silesia. During his youth, his parents had to move quite often, to Glatz, Breslau, and in 1905 to Berlin. He stayed in Breslau and entered the university there...
, Mathematician - Ernest CourantErnest CourantErnest Courant has been called the "father of modern particle accelerators". A fundamental contributor to the field, he has also been mentor to several generations of students...
, Particle physicist