Lawrence
Encyclopedia
Communities
Australia- Lawrence, New South WalesLawrence, New South WalesLawrence is a small town located 13 km from Maclean, New South Wales, Australia. It is accessed by the Lawrence car ferry from Woodford Island or by travelling 30 kilometres north from Grafton. At the 2006 census, Lawrence had a population of 390 people...
New Zealand
- Lawrence, New ZealandLawrence, New ZealandLawrence is a small town of 474 inhabitants in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island. It is located on State Highway 8, the main route from Dunedin to the inland towns of Queenstown and Alexandra...
United States
- Lawrence, IndianaLawrence, IndianaAs of the census of 2000, there were 38,915 people, 14,853 households, and 10,337 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,937.8 people per square mile . There were 16,292 housing units at an average density of 811.3 per square mile...
- Lawrence, KansasLawrence, KansasLawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
- Lawrence, MassachusettsLawrence, MassachusettsLawrence is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 76,377. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and North Andover to the southeast. It and Salem are...
- Lawrence, MichiganLawrence, MichiganLawrence is a village in Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,059 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Lawrence Township. Home of noted journalist Paul Garrod and the annual Ox Roast and Homecoming festival. Area recognized Farmer's Market runs...
- Lawrence, NebraskaLawrence, NebraskaLawrence is a village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 312 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lawrence is located at ....
- Lawrence, New York (disambiguation)
- Lawrence, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
Transport
- Lawrence AvenueLawrence AvenueLawrence Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into east and west portions by Yonge Street, the dividing line of east-west streets in Toronto....
in Toronto, Ontario - Toronto Transit Commission subway and RT stations:
- Lawrence (TTC)Lawrence (TTC)Lawrence is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 3101 Yonge Street at Lawrence Avenue....
- Lawrence West (TTC)Lawrence West (TTC)Lawrence West is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on William R. Allen Road at 655 Lawrence Avenue West. It opened in 1978 in what was then the Borough of North York...
- Lawrence East (TTC)Lawrence East (TTC)Lawrence East is a station on the Scarborough Rapid Transit line of the subway/RT system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 2444 Lawrence Avenue East between Kennedy Road and Midland Avenue and opened in 1985....
- Lawrence (TTC)
- Lawrence (Caltrain station)Lawrence (Caltrain station)Lawrence Station is a Caltrain station in Sunnyvale, California.The station has four tracks, with side platforms for the two outside tracks. A few trains are scheduled to hold at the station while being passed by Baby Bullet trains on the express tracks....
in Santa Clara, California - Lawrence (MBTA station)Lawrence (MBTA station)Lawrence Station is a rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The station is located at the Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center on 211 Merrimack Street in the city's Gateway District...
Colleges and universities
- Lawrence Technological UniversityLawrence Technological UniversityLawrence Technological University, also known as Lawrence Tech or simply LTU, is a private university located in Southfield, Michigan. The school offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in engineering, science, mathematics, architecture, graphic design, and business...
, a university in Southfield, Michigan - Lawrence UniversityLawrence UniversityLawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin - Sarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence CollegeSarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
, a liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York - St. Lawrence UniversitySt. Lawrence UniversitySt. Lawrence University is a four-year liberal arts college located in the village of Canton in Saint Lawrence County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2300 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, about equally split between male and female....
, a university in Canton, New York
Preparatory & high schools
- Lawrence Academy at GrotonLawrence Academy at GrotonLawrence Academy at Groton, , is a co-educational preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States...
, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts - Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan
- Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteLawrence Park Collegiate InstituteLawrence Park Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood of Toronto. It is a non-semestered school and focuses mainly on academics, drama, music, and visual arts, featuring strong French extended and immersion streams....
, a high school in Toronto, Ontario - Lawrence School, LovedaleLawrence School, LovedaleThe Lawrence School, Lovedale is an educational institution in Lovedale, located near Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India and named for its founder, Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence. Lawrence had mooted the idea about the establishment of a chain of schools with a view to provide education to the children...
, a high school in India - Lawrence School, SanawarLawrence School, SanawarThe Lawrence School is situated in Sanawar, adjacent to Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence of the Indian Army of British India and was established on 15 April 1847.The school has educated many notable people...
, a high school in India - Saint Lawrence AcademySaint Lawrence AcademySaint Lawrence Academy, SL, a college-preparatory Roman Catholic high school in Santa Clara, California, USA, was founded in 1975. It stresses its small size, which translates to close interaction among students, administration, faculty, and counselors. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese...
, a Catholic high school in Santa Clara, California
People
- Lawrence (given name)Lawrence (given name)Lawrence is a male given name. Some notable persons named Lawrence are listed below:-Antarctic Explorer:* Lawrence Oates , member of the ill fated Scott expedition to the South Pole.-Christianity:...
- Lawrence (surname)Lawrence (surname)-Christianity:* William Lawrence , the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts* William Appleton Lawrence, 3rd Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts-Politics:...
- Lawrence of Rome (died 258), Italian deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
- Brother LawrenceBrother LawrenceBrother Lawrence of the Resurrection served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember him for the intimacy he expressed concerning his relationship to God as recorded in a book compiled after his death, the classic Christian text, The Practice of the Presence...
(died 1691), a Carmelite monk - Lawrence HaywardLawrence HaywardLawrence Hayward , known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press, is best known as the singer, songwriter and guitarist of British indie band Felt.-Felt:...
, English songwriter with stage name of Lawrence, leader of the band Felt
Other
- Lawrence textile strikeLawrence textile strikeThe Lawrence Textile Strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Prompted by one mill owner's decision to lower wages when a new law shortening the workweek went into effect in January, the strike spread rapidly through the...
, a seminal American labor conflict of 1912 - Lawrence of Arabia (film)Lawrence of Arabia (film)Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company, Horizon Pictures, with the screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. The film stars Peter O'Toole in the title role. It is widely...
, a 1962 film on the life of T. E. Lawrence, starring Peter O'Toole - Lawrence v. TexasLawrence v. TexasLawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court case. In the 6-3 ruling, the Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas and, by proxy, invalidated sodomy laws in the thirteen other states where they remained in existence, thereby making same-sex sexual activity legal in...
, the United States Supreme Court case barring the criminalization of sodomy - The Lawrence Welk ShowThe Lawrence Welk ShowThe Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , then nationally for another 27 years via the ABC network and first-run syndication .In the years since first-run syndication...
, television show hosted by Lawrence Welk - USS Lawrence (disambiguation)
See also
- Lawrence Pond
- Lawrenceburg (disambiguation)
- Lawrenceville (disambiguation)
- Laurence (disambiguation)
- Larry (disambiguation)
- Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)Saint Lawrence (disambiguation)Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence is a title applied to many things named after Saint Lawrence, the 3rd century Christian martyr...