Norton Definition–noun | 1. | Charles Eliot, 1827–1908, U.S. scholar. | | 2. | Thomas, 1532–84, English author. | | 3. | a town in SE Massachusetts. 12,690. | | 4. | a city in NE Ohio. 12,242. | | 5. | a male given name: an Old English family name taken from a place-name meaning “north town.” | |
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prolific best-selling American author of science-fiction and fantasy adventure novels for both juveniles and adults.Norton
town (township), Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Brockton and about 30 miles (50 km) south of Boston. It was settled in 1669 by a cabin boy, William ...
Norton, Andre
American author (b. Feb. 17, 1912, Cleveland, Ohio-d. March 17, 2005, Murfreesboro, Tenn.), led many young readers into the realm of science fiction with her fantasy adventure novels of the 1950s and ...
Hill-Norton, Peter John
British naval officer (b. Feb. 8, 1915, Germiston, S.Af.-d. May 16, 2004, Studland, Dorset, Eng.), rose through the military ranks to become chief of defense staff (Britain's most senior serving ...
Norton, Mary
British children's writer most famous for her series on the Borrowers, a resourceful race of beings only 6 inches (15 cm) tall, who secretly share houses with humans and "borrow" what they need from ...
Norton, Caroline
English poet and novelist whose matrimonial difficulties prompted successful efforts to secure legal protection for married women.Norton Sound
arm of the Bering Sea, indenting for 125 miles (200 km) the west coast of Alaska, U.S., with a width of 70 miles (115 km) between the Seward Peninsula (north) and the Yukon River delta (south). The ...
Simon, Norton
U.S. industrialist and art collector (b. Feb. 5, 1907, Portland, Ore.--d. June 2, 1993, Los Angeles, Calif.), was a savvy businessman who amassed a fortune after he parlayed a bankrupt orange-juice ...
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
American lawyer and politician who broke several gender and racial barriers during her career, in which she defended the rights of others for equal opportunity.Norton, Charles Eliot
American scholar and man of letters, an idealist and reformer by temperament, who exhibited remarkable energy in a wide range of activity. |
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