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Geoffrey Bennington Geoffrey Bennington is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emory University, as well as a member of the International College of Philosophy. He is a literary critic and philosopher, best known as an expert on deconstruction and the works of Jacques Derrida and Jean-François Lyotard.
Geoffrey Bilson Award The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. The award is named after Geoffrey Bilson, a writer of historical fiction for youth and a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan who died suddenly in 1987.
Geoffrey Blainey Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC (born 11 March 1930), is one of Australia's most significant historians. He is eminent both in academic circles and in the public mind, particularly after a controversy in 1984 over immigration policy.
Geoffrey Bolton Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton, OA is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first Prime Minister), which was awarded the NSW Premier's Centenary of Federation award 2001.
Geoffrey Borg Geoffrey Borg (b. 1963 in Malta) is Vice-President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation and is President of the Malta Chess Federation and General Secretary of the Mediterranean Chess Association (MCA) and Small Nations Chess Association (SNACA).
Geoffrey Boycott Geoffrey Boycott OBE (born October 21 1940) is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In an illustrious, but sometimes controversial career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's finest opening batsmen.
Geoffrey Brennan Geoffrey Brennan is currently a professor of Philosophy at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University in the Department of Philosophy. A visitor in the Department in the Fall of 2003, he will be returning on a regular basis for a semester a year for (at least) five years.
Geoffrey de Freitas Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (7 April, 1913 - 10 August, 1982) was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe.
Geoffrey de St. Omer Geoffrey de St Omer (also known as Gaufred, Godefroi, or Godfrey de St Omer, Saint Omer, or Saint-Omer) was a Flemish knight, one of the founding members of the Knights Templar in 1118. He is said to have also come from the family of the Lords of Saint-Omer (in today's northern France): William I, Lord of Saint Omer, and his son Hugh by Melisende de Piquigny, participated in the First Crusade as vassals of Robert II of Flanders.
Geoffrey Dabelko Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
Geoffrey Davion Geoffrey Davion was a successful British television and Shakespearean stage actor, notably starring alongside Hollywood actor Alun Armstrong in the popular series The Stars Look Down. He also acted in the cult classic film Clockwise and has worked with many other notable actors such as Sir Ian McKellen and Kenneth Branagh.
Geoffrey Dawson George Geoffrey Dawson (October 25, 1874, Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire - November 7, 1944, London) was editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941. His original last name was Robinson, but he changed it in 1917.
Geoffrey Drummond Geoffrey Heneage Drummond (25 January 1886- 21 April 1941) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Geoffrey Freer Stakes The Geoffrey Freer Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 61 yards (2,671 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in August.
Geoffrey Girard Geoffrey Girard is an award-winning fiction author whose works have appeared in several best-selling anthologies and magazines including Apex Digest and Writers of the Future. His books include Tales of the Jersey Devil (2005), thirteen original tales based on the legendary Jersey Devil monster, Tales of the Atlantic Pirates (2006), Tales of the Eastern Indians (2007) and an adaptation of the The Iliad (2007).
Geoffrey Greig Geoffrey George Fenner Greig (15 August 1897 - 24 October 1960) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right arm fast bowler who played 18 times for Worcestershire (and twice for Oxford University) in the early 1920s.
Geoffrey Hallowes Geoffrey MacLeod Hallowes (15 April 1918 - 25 September 2006) was an officer in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War. He is perhaps best known as the third husband of wartime heroine Odette Sansom (née Brailly), GC, MBE.
Geoffrey Harold Woolley Geoffrey Harold Woolley (VC, OBE, MC) (14 May 1892-10 December 1968) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Geoffrey Hayes Geoffrey Hayes (born: 13 March, 1942 in Cheshire) is an English television presenter and actor, best known as the host of Thames Television's top-rated children's show Rainbow from 1973 to 1992. Before that, he had much other work, including a recurring role in BBC1's police drama Z Cars.
Geoffrey Hendricks Geoffrey Hendricks is an American artist associated with Fluxus since the mid 1960s, and is often referred to as "cloudsmith" for his extensive work with sky imagery in paintings, on objects, in installations and performances. Hendricks was born in Littleton, New Hampshire in 1931.
Geoffrey Hinsliff Geoffrey Hinsliff (born 1937 in Leeds, England) is an English actor best known for his portrayal of 'Don Brennan' in Coronation Street from 16 August 1987 to 8 October 1997. He had previously played other characters in the same programme, in 1963 and 1977.
Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and finally Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister.
Geoffrey Hubbard Geoffrey Hubbard,(1923 – June 1998) was director of the National Council for Educational Technology (now called "British Educational Communications and Technology Agency -becta) and Chair of the National Extension College's National Extension College's websitetrustees from 1989 to his death in June 1998NEC Calendar 2003 (.pdf file)
Geoffrey Hughes Geoffrey Hughes (b. 2 February 1944 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England) is an English actor, best known to UK TV viewers for his portrayal of Eddie Yeats, Hilda Ogden's scallywag lodger in Granada Television's soap opera Coronation Street, a role he played from 1974 to 1983.
Geoffrey Chang Geoffrey Chang is an associate professor at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, United States. His laboratory focuses on the structural biology of integral membrane proteins, particularly exploring X-ray crystallography techniques for solving the tertiary structures of membrane proteins that are notoriously resistant to crystallization.
Geoffrey Cheshire Professor Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, DCL, LLD, FBA (27 June 1886–27 October 1978) was an English barrister, scholar and influential writer on law. He is also known as the father of Leonard Cheshire, VC, the English war hero and founder of the Cheshire Homes charity.
Geoffrey Chubb Geoffrey Walter Ashton Chubb (12 April, 1911 - 28 August, 1982) was a South African cricketer who played five Tests for South Africa on tour of England in 1951 aged 40. He headed the bowling averages, taking 21 wickets at an average of 27.
Geoffrey I of Provence Geoffrey I or JosfredAlso spelled Jauffred, Jozfred, Gosfred, or Gausfred. (died February between 1061 and 1063) was the joint Count of Provence with his elder brothers William IV and Fulk from 1018 to his death.
Geoffrey I of Villehardouin Geoffrey I Villehardouin (Geoffroi) was nephew to Geoffrey of Villehardouin, and a knight and crusader who went to Palestine and later came to help William of Champlitte to conquer Morea and became Prince of Achaea after William's death.
Geoffrey II of Provence Geoffrey II (also Josfred or Josfredus; died 13 February 1067Or 1065) was the first count of Forcalquier following the death of his father Geoffrey I in 1062. His elder brother Bertrand II inherited Provence, but not the title of margrave.
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany Geoffrey (September 23 1158 – August 19 1186) was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance. Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Geoffrey III of Anjou Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu ("the Bearded"), count of Anjou was the eldest son of Ermenegarde, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of Gâtinais. He succeeded his uncle Geoffrey II in 1060, but his power was limited by attacks from his own brother Fulk IV.
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM (7 March 1886 - 27 June 1975) was a physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. He has been described as "one of the greatest physical scientists of the 20th century".
Geoffrey IV of Anjou Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was count of Anjou with his father Fulk IV from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father.
Geoffrey Keynes Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (March 25, 1887 in Cambridge - July 5, 1982, in Cambridge) was an English surgeon, physician, scholar and bibliophile. He was the younger brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes.
Geoffrey King Geoffrey King (sometimes spelled Geoffry) was an English protestant theologian, a Fellow and Regius Professor of Hebrew at King's College, Cambridge. He was among the First Westminster Company charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible.
Geoffrey King (composer) Geoffrey King was born in Croydon, England in 1949. He has been commissioned and performed by some of the main ensembles and new music promoters, including Aldeburgh Festival, Almeida Festival, Arditti Quartet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, ECAT, Edinburgh International Festival, London Sinfonietta, Lontano, Musica Nova, Nash Ensemble, Piano Circus, Schönberg Ensemble, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag and St.
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin and 1st Baron Oaksey, DSO, TD, KC (December 2, 1880 - August 28, 1971) was the main British Judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II, and President of the Judicial group.
Geoffrey Lewis (actor) Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is an American character actor who has been popular since the early 1970s, often featured in offbeat roles. He is also a member of the musical group Celestial Navigations, with Geoff Levin, known for their storytelling abilities, producing eloquent, unforgettable narratives accompanied by haunting, stirring music.
Geoffrey Mander Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander KB (6 March 1882 – 9 September 1962), was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers Ltd., paint and varnish manufacturers in Wolverhampton, England, an art collector and radical parliamentarian.
Geoffrey McCabe Geoffrey McCabe is a pop/rock singer/songwriter/guitarist with two critically acclaimed instrumental releases and European touring experience (including Montreux Jazz Festival) under his own name who after reinventing himself in a post alternative rock style relocated from New York City to Los Angeles in Summer 2000. Taking a hiatus from performing in the late nineties he tuned into the alternative rock scene as well as the explosion of talented women artists including Sara McLauglin which inspired his transformation.
Geoffrey McSkimming Geoffrey McSkimming (1 January, 1962—) is the author of the popular Cairo Jim chronicles and Jocelyn Osgood jaunts, a children's book series which delights and entertains readers around the world with its mix of archaeological oddities, historical quirks and funny and suspenseful plots. Since publication of the first Cairo Jim story in 1991, the series has never gone out of print and has been translated and released in a growing number of countries throughout the world.
Geoffrey Mulcahy Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy is a former finance director, chairman and latterly chief executive of Kingfisher plc, the UK retail conglomerate. He has since been appointed chairman of the specialist retail consultancy Javelin Group.
Geoffrey Nunberg Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist who teaches at the UC Berkeley School of Information. As a linguist, he is best known for his work on lexical semantics, in particular on the phenomena of polysemy and indexicality.
Geoffrey of Hauteville Geoffrey of Hauteville (also Gottfried, Godfrey, Goffredo, or Gaufrido) was the second youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriella. He joined his brothers in the Mezzogiorno around 1053, arriving with his half-brothers Mauger and William.
Geoffrey Oryema Geoffrey Oryema (born April 16, 1953) is an internationally renowned Ugandan musician. At the age of 24, at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, following the death of his father, a prominent government minister, beginning a life in exile.
Geoffrey Palmer (politician) Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer KCMG AC (born 21 April 1942), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Labour Party. He was responsible for considerable reforms of the country's legal and constitutional framework, such as the creation of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and the State Sector Act.
Geoffrey Parrinder Geoffrey Parrinder (April 10 1910–June 16 2005), was a professor of comparative religion at King's College London, Methodist minister, and author of over thirty books. At least one of his books, What World Religions Teach Us (1968) was considered a bestseller.
Geoffrey Pattie Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie (born 17 January, 1936) is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He graduated from Durham School and St Catherine’s College, Cambridge with an MA Honours Degree in Law.
Geoffrey Perry Geoffrey E. Perry (1927–January 18 2000) was a physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School, Northamptonshire, England who, together with his students, deduced the existence of the previously-secret Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 1966 by analyzing the orbit of the Cosmos 112 satellite.
Geoffrey Philp Geoffrey Philp (born March 14, 1958) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of the novel, Benjamin, My Son and five poetry collections: Exodus and Other Poems, hurricane center, Florida Bound, xango music, and Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas.
Geoffrey Proud Geoffrey Proud (1946- ) born in Adelaide, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sulman Prize in 1976 with Untitled Jane. Has held 41 solo exhibitions in his career.
Geoffrey Pyke Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke (1893–1948) was a British scientist and inventor (in British 1940s slang, a "boffin") whose generally unorthodox ideas were often very difficult to implement. In lifestyle and appearance, he fit the common stereotype of a "mad scientist".
Geoffrey Robinson Geoffrey Robinson (born May 25, 1938 in Sheffield) has been a British Member of Parliament for Coventry North West, a safe Labour seat, since a by-election on 4 March 1976 caused by the death of former MP Maurice Edelman. Robinson was educated at Emanuel School, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale University.
Geoffrey Sauer Geoffrey Sauer (born 1968, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American new media theorist who studies contemporary media technologies including open source software and collaborative multimedia development in the context of the history of publishing. He is the director of the EServer, according to Alexa the most popular website in the arts and humanities.
Geoffrey Saxton White Geoffrey Saxton White (July 2, 1886-28 January 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Geoffrey Scott (actor) Geoffrey Scott (born February 22, 1942 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor best known for playing Mark Jennings in the 1980s television series Dynasty. Scott played the role for two seasons of the show, from 1982 to 1984.
Geoffrey Shindler Geoffrey Shindler is a UK (England and Wales) solicitor specialising in the field of Wills, Trusts and Estates law. He is a graduate (with first class honours) of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (having been a W.
Geoffrey Smith Geoffrey Smith (1943, Michigan — ) is a radio presenter, author and former jazz percussionist currently working in the UK. Smith is the regular host of BBC Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests and also hosts other programmes on the network.
Geoffrey Stewart-Smith (Dudley) Geoffrey Stewart-Smith (December 28, 1933 – March 13, 2004) was a British politician. He served one term as Conservative Member of Parliament for Belper in Derbyshire after he defeated the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party George Brown.
Geoffrey Street Geoffrey Austin Street (21 January 1894 – 13 August 1940) was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Corangamite from 1933 until his death in 1940.
Geoffrey van Orden Geoffrey van Orden MBE (born April 10, 1945 in Waterlooville, Hampshire) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region for the Conservative Party. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999.
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 – September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "Geoffrey Plantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
Geoffrey Walsh Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh CBE , Distinguished Service Order , CD (19 August 1909 – 3 April 1999) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1961 until Unification in 1964.
Geoffrey Willans Herbert Geoffrey Willans (4 February 1911 – 6 August 1958), an English author and journalist, is best known as the co-creator, with the illustrator Ronald Searle, of Nigel Molesworth, the "goriller of 3b and curse of St. Custard's".
Geoffrey Wilson Hugh Geoffrey Birch Wilson (11 June 1903 - 11 April 1975) was a British Conservative politician. Wilson served as Member of Parliament for Truro from its re-creation by boundary changes in 1950 until his retirement in 1970.
Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa Geoffrey or Godfrey was the second eldest son of Roger I of Sicily. He was probably a bastard, like his elder brother Jordan, but he may have been legitimate, either the son of Judith of Évreux or Eremburga of Mortain.
Geoffroi Jacques Flach Geoffroi Jacques Flach (b. February 16, 1846) was a French jurist and historian born at Strasbourg, Alsace, of a family known at least as early as the 16th century, when Sigismond Flach was the first professor of law at University of Strasbourg.
Geoffroy de Charney Geoffrey de Charney, or Geoffroy de Charnay, was Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar, burned alive along with Jacques de Molay in 1314. Charney was accepted into the Order of Knights Templar (at the age of "sixteen, seventeen or thereabouts") by brother Amaury de la Roche, the preceptor of France in Étamps of the diocese of Sens.
Geofiction Geofiction is a hobby where people design imaginary cities, countries or entire worlds, including placenames, culture, social and political structures and even constructed languages (conlangs), primarily for personal enjoyment.
Geoglyph A geoglyph is a drawing on the ground, or a large motif, (generally greater than 4 metres) or design produced on the ground, either by arranging clasts (stones, stone fragments, gravel or earth) to create a positive geoglyph (stone arrangement/alignment, petroform, earth mound) or by removing patinated clasts to expose unpatinated ground (negative geoglyph).
Geografija Slovenije The book series (collection) Geografija Slovenije (English Geography of Slovenia), published by Anton Melik Geographical Institute, was founded in 1998 in order to publish the newest results of scientific research work in geography. It focuses on physical, human and regional geography of Slovenia as well as on Slovenian geographical terminology, Slovenian place names, and Slovenian thematic cartography.
Geographer A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical environment and human habitat. Geographers identify, analyse and interpret the distribution and arrangement of features on the earth's surface.
Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas The A–Z, or in full, the Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas is a name given to any one of a range of atlases of streets in the United Kingdom. The first atlas, of London, was originally compiled in the 1930s by Phyllis Pearsall.
Geographic areas of Houston Locations in Houston, Texas are generally classified as either being inside or outside Interstate 610, known as the "610 Loop." Inside the loop generally encompasses the Central business district and the "island cities" of West University Place (West U.
Geographic areas of Sugar Land, Texas Sugar Land is home to many master-planned communities featuring golf courses, country clubs, and lakes. The city has the most master-planned communities in Fort Bend County, which is home to the largest number of master-planned communities in the nation.
Geographic center In a Euclidian space the geographic center, or mean center, is the calculated mean of coordinate values. An average is calculated for all points within a set area, such that the mean is located at the average (X,Y) coordinate.
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States The Geographic Center of the Contiguous (or Conterminous) United States is pinpointed by a historical marker that is located within a small park near the town of Lebanon, Kansas. In actuality, the measured center is about 1/2 to 3/4 mile away on a private farm, but the owner did not want tourists trudging through his field, so the marker was placed as close as possible.
Geographic information science Geographic information science(GIScience) is the academic theory behind the development, use, and application of geographic information systems (GISystems). It is concerned with how GISystems are used - hardware + software + spatial data
Geographic information system A geographic information system (GIS), or more commonly referred to as a geospatial information system is a system for capturing, storing, analyzing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth. In the strictest sense, it is a computer system capable of integrating, storing, editing, analyzing, sharing, and displaying geographically-referenced information.
Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge The Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (GISTBoK) is a reference document produced by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) as the first product of its Model Curricula project, started in 1997 by Duane Marble and a select task force, and completed in 2006 by David DiBiase and a team of editors.
Geographic Locator Codes Worldwide Geographic Location Codes lists the number and letter codes federal agencies should use in designating geographic locations anywhere in the United States or abroad in computer programs. Use of standard codes facilitates the interchange of machine-readable data from agency to agency within the federal community and between federal offices and state and local groups.
Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names.
Geographic profiling Geographic profiling is a criminal investigative methodology that analyzes the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most probable area of offender residence. Typically used in cases of serial murder or rape (but also arson, bombing, robbery, and other crimes), the technique helps police detectives prioritize information in large-scale major crime investigations that often involve hundreds or thousands of suspects and tips.
Geographic routing Geographic routing refers to a family of techniques to route data packets in a communication network. The main idea is that packets should be aware of their destination and messages will be routed hop-by-hop to nodes closer to the destination, until the message reaches its destination, which could be a point or a region in the case of geocasting.
Geographic targeting order A Geographic targeting order (or GTO) is an order issued by the United States Secretary of Treasury requiring any United States domestic financial institutions that exist within a geographic area to report on transactions any greater than a specified value. GTOs are defined in the Bank Secrecy Act in .
Geographic Tongue Geographic tongue (Latin: Lingua geographica), also known as benign migratory glossitis refers to an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the tongue manifested by annular desquamation of the filiform papillae of the tip, lateral borders and dorsum of the tongue.
Geographica (Strabo) The Geographika is an extensive work by Strabo, spanning 17 volumes, and can be regarded as an encyclopedia of the geographical knowledge of his time; except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete. Yet while it does cover the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans of his time, it suffers from several major flaws: a constant and very intrusive defense of the poet Homer as a geographical source, leading the author to dismiss more recent writers, such as Herodotus, who were often eyewitnesses to what they reported; a preoccupation with minute, often captiously argumentative, criticism of these other writers; a peculiarly Greek aprioristic attitude to facts, seeking to derive them from the pure exercise of reason: in sum, one would prefer more geography and less argumentation.
Geographical centre of Europe An ongoing debate concerns where the geographical centre of Europe is to be found. Different opinions are based on differing measurements, on the definition of the boundaries and extreme points of Europe, and on different ways of calculating the final result.
Geographical isolation Geographic isolation, or allopatry, is a term used in the study of evolution. When part of a population of a species becomes geographically isolated from the remainder, it may over time evolve characteristics different from the parent population (due to natural selection).
Geographical pole A geographical pole is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins. For the purposes of cartography, it provides an agreed upon absolute point of measurement.
Geographical segregation Geographical segregation exists whenever the proportions of population rates of two or more populations are not [throughout a defined space. Populations can be considered any plant or animal species], human [[genders, followers of a certain religion, stone types, ethnic groups, etc.
Geographical zone Each of the five main latitude regions of the earth's surface is said to be a geographical zone, divided by the major circles of latitude. The differences between them relate to climate, and the behaviour of the sun.
Geographically Dispersed Team A Geographically Dispersed Team (GDT) – also known as a Virtual Team – is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. They have complementary skills and are committed to a common purpose, have interdependent performance goals, and share an approach to work for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.
Geographically Separate Unit Geographically Separate Unit (GSU) is a United States military term describing a base that is physically separated from, yet not autonomous of its "parent" base. GSUs are "owned" by their parent organization and are typically quite small.
Geography Geography (from the Greek words Ge (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γραφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write"or "to map") is the study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. A literal translation would be "to describe the Earth".
Geography and climate of Abkhazia Abkhazia is a region in South Caucasus. It is de facto independent republic, but is internationally recognized as an autonomous republic within Georgia who exercises control of only a small portion of Abkhazia known as Upper Abkhazia.
Geography and climate of Singapore The geography of Singapore is marked by a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 699 km² and 193 km of coastline.
Geography and climate of Toronto The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. In addition to Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River, the city is intersected by two major rivers and their tributaries, the Humber River in the west end and the Don River just east of the central core; both flow southward before exiting at opposite ends of the Toronto Harbour, which is part of the longer Waterfront.
Geography and environment of New York City The geography and environment of New York City is characterized by its coastal position at the meeting of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean in a naturally sheltered harbor. The city's geography, with its scarce available land surrounded mostly by water, is a factor in making New York the city with the highest population density in the United States.

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