LEWISBURG
, a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and the See also:county-seat of See also:Union county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of See also:West See also:Branch of the Susquehanna See also:river, about 50 M
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N. of See also:Harrisburg
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Pop
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(190o) 3457 (6o See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 3081
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It is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:Philadelphia & See also:Reading See also:railways
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It is the seat of Bucknell University (coeducational), opened in 1846 as the university of Lewisburg and renamed in 1886 in See also:honour of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Bucknell (1809-1890), a liberal benefactor
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The university comprises a See also:College of Liberal Arts, an See also:Academy for See also:Young Men, an See also:Institute for Young See also:Women, and a School of See also:Music, and in 1908—1909 had 50 instructors and 775 students, of whom 547 were in the College of Liberal Arts
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The See also:city is situated in a farming region, and has various manufactures, including See also:flour, See also:lumber, See also:furniture, woollens, nails, foundry products and carriages
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Lewisburg (until about 1805 called Derrstown) was founded and laid out in 1785 by See also:Ludwig Derr, a See also:German, and was chartered as a borough in 1812
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