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Eccles

(Encyclopedia) Eccles Eccles ekˈəlz [key], town, Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Manchester…

Waterhouse, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830–1905, English architect. He won competitions for the Manchester assize court (1859) and the Manchester city hall (1868). This work placed him in the forefront…

Dawkins, Sir William Boyd

(Encyclopedia) Dawkins, Sir William Boyd, 1837–1929, English geologist and archaeologist. He was a member (1861–69) of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, curator (1870–90) of the Manchester…

Chadwick, Sir James

(Encyclopedia) Chadwick, Sir James, 1891–1974, English physicist, grad. Manchester Univ., 1908. He worked at Manchester under Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity. He was assistant director of…

Robinson, Sir Robert

(Encyclopedia) Robinson, Sir Robert, 1886–1975, British chemist, D.Sc. Univ. of Manchester, 1910. Robinson taught at the universities of Sydney (1912–15), Liverpool (1915–20), St. Andrews (1921–22),…

Brown, Ford Madox

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Ford Madox, 1821–93, English historical painter, b. Calais, France. Although closely affiliated with the Pre-Raphaelites in London, he never joined the brotherhood. Examples of…

Lowry, L. S.

(Encyclopedia) Lowry, L. S. (Laurence Stephen Lowry), 1887–1976, English painter and printmaker, b. Manchester, studied Municipal College of Art (later Manchester Metropolitan Univ.). He is…

Best, George

(Encyclopedia) Best, George, 1946–2005, Northern Irish soccer play, b. Belfast. Regarded as the greatest player ever in British soccer, he was signed by Manchester United in 1961. He first played for…

Manchester, New hampshire Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over84,151100.0In labor force58,11069.1Civilian labor force58,03969.0Employed55,82566.3Unemployed2,2142.6Percent of civilian labor force3.8…

Manchester, New hampshire, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units45,892100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached17,04537.11-unit, attached1,7303.82 units6,43214.03 or 4 units6,44414.05 to 9 units4,3899.610 to 19 units2,5605.620…