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Irving, TX, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units80,315100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached30,57238.11-unit, attached2,2002.72 units8601.13 or 4 units5,0896.35 to 9 units10,65513.310 to 19 units12,19115.220 or…

Irving, TX Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school47,894100.0Nursery school, preschool3,1666.6Kindergarten2,6175.5Elementary school (grades 1-8)22,15946.3High school (…

literary frauds

(Encyclopedia) literary frauds, manuscripts that are presented to the public as works of famous authors but that are actually forgeries or imitations. Literary frauds are perpetrated for various…

Brackenridge, Henry Marie

(Encyclopedia) Brackenridge, Henry Marie, 1786–1871, American writer, b. Pittsburgh; son of Hugh Henry Brackenridge. Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1806, he moved to St. Louis, where he was a…

Montanism

(Encyclopedia) MontanismMontanismmŏnˈtənĭzəm [key], apocalyptic movement of the 2d cent. It arose in Phrygia (c.172) under the leadership of a certain Montanus and two female prophets, Prisca and…

More, Paul Elmer

(Encyclopedia) More, Paul Elmer, 1864–1937, American critic, educator, and philosopher, b. St. Louis. More taught Sanskrit and classical literature and then was a newspaper editor until 1914, after…

Oakley, Annie

(Encyclopedia) Oakley, Annie, 1860–1926, American theatrical performer, b. Darke co., Ohio. Her original name was Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee. From childhood on she was a “dead shot” with a rifle. She…

Warner, Charles Dudley

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829–1900, American editor and author, b. Plainfield, Mass., grad. Hamilton College, 1851, LL.B. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1858. After practicing law in Chicago,…

Duval, William Pope

(Encyclopedia) Duval, William PopeDuval, William Poped&oomacr;vôlˈ, –vălˈ [key], 1784–1854, American frontiersman, territorial governor of Florida (1822–34), b. near Richmond, Va. He went to…

Bemidji

(Encyclopedia) Bemidji Bemidji bəmĭjˈē [key], city (2020 pop. 14,574), seat of Beltrami co., N central Minn., on…