Whittier

Whittier

Whittier city (1990 pop. 77,671), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; in an oil area; inc. 1898. Mainly residential, it has food processing and plants that manufacture transportation equipment; machinery; clay, steel, paper, metal, and rubber products; elevators; consumer goods; electronic and electromedical equipment; and furniture. Several companies have their administrative headquarters there. Founded by Quakers in 1887, it was the hometown of President Richard M. Nixon . The city is the seat of Whittier College. A state historical park in Whittier contains the mansion of the last Mexican governor of California, Pío de Jesus Pico.

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Whittier, John Greenleaf

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807–92), American poet. He became an ardent Abolitionist; his poems on slavery were collected as Voices of Freedom (1846). He was a regular contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, which he helped to found. He wrote in many genres; his first book, Legends of New-England in Prose and Verse (1831), was followed by many volumes of verse on political and rural themes, by verse narratives, sonnets, and ballads.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Whittier, John Greenleaf." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Whittier, John Greenleaf

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807–92), American Quaker poet, associated with the anti-slavery movement. Verses from some of his poems have become well known as hymns, among them ‘Dear Lord and Father of mankind’ and ‘Immortal love, for ever full’.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Whittier, John Greenleaf." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Whittier

Whittier, USA California: founded in 1887 for Quakers and named after John G. Whittier (1807–92), a poet and abolitionist.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Whittier." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Whittier

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