1) Zane, Ebenezer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Zane, Ebenezer, 1747-1812, American pioneer and land speculator, b. near what is now Moorefield, W.Va. (then Virginia). With his brothers Silas and Jonathan, he went... 2) Erskine, Ebenezer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Erskine, Ebenezer, (urīskin) (KEY) , 1680-1754, founder of the Secession Church in Scotland, minister of Portmoak, Kinross-shire (1703) and of Stirling (1731). He... 3) Howard, Sir Ebenezer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Howard, Sir Ebenezer, 1850-1928, English town planner, principal founder of the English garden-city movement. His To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform (1898),... 4) Cook, Ebenezer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Cook, Ebenezer, fl. 1708, American author. Virtually nothing is known about his life. He is the author of The Sot-Weed Factor (1708), a satirical poem concerning... 5) Hazard, Ebenezer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817, American public official and historian, b. Philadelphia. He became a publisher in New York City. He was appointed (1775) first postmaster... 6) Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood, 1816-95, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1869-70), b. Concord, Mass. While serving (1846) in the Massachusetts senate, he declared... 7) Shen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Shen, in the Bible, place, perhaps close to Bethel, near which Samuel set up the stone Ebenezer.... 8) Letchworth. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Hertfordshire, E central England. It was the first garden city, founded in 1903 by Sir Ebenezer Howard. Industries focus on printing and the manufacture of printing... 9) Welwyn Garden City. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...city (1991 pop. 40,665), Hertfordshire, E central England. It is a garden city, founded by Ebenezer Howard in 1920. Its industries produce a variety of products,... 10) garden city, in city planning. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...of predetermined area and population surrounded by a greenbelt. As formulated by Sir Ebenezer Howard, the garden city was intended to bring together the economic... |