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Cambridge (/ ˈ k eɪ m b r ɪ dʒ / [4] KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston.
It was the home of noted American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for almost 50 years, and it had previously served as the headquarters of General George Washington (1775–76). The house was built in 1759 for Jamaican plantation owner John Vassall Jr. , who fled the Cambridge area at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War because of ...
The University of Cambridge began to award PhD degrees in the first third of the 20th century; the first Cambridge PhD in mathematics was awarded in 1924. [ 34 ] The university contributed significantly to the Allies' forces in World War I with 13,878 members of the university serving and 2,470 being killed in action during the war.
The Cambridge City Council imposed a citywide moratorium on research into recombinant DNA in 1976 in response to community concerns that Harvard and MIT researchers may inadvertently release mutant organisms into the ecosystem but the ban was lifted in 1977 after an extensive dialogue between scientists, politicians, and community leaders.
The large wire spool in the University Park Common is a reminder of the property's former use as home to the Simplex Wire & Cable Company. University Park at MIT is a mixed-use urban renewal project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, occupying land near Central Square between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus and the primarily residential neighborhood of ...
The George Close Company was founded in 1872, and was one of Cambridge's leading candy manufacturers, one of its major industries in the late 19th century. The building at 243 Broadway was constructed in 1910, and was the largest of the firm's three factories. The company was best known for its penny candy and sets of baseball cards. It filed ...
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded October 28, 1636, and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious ...
Home-Start was initiated in Leicester, UK during 1973 by Margaret Harrison, [1] [2] before becoming a national organisation in the UK in 1981 with nine branches. [3] In the 1980's it became Britain’s fastest growing social franchise, [1] continuing to grow under the Sure Start scheme of the Blair Government, [2] [4] [5] and, as of 2021, reports that 27,000 families are supported yearly.