Cabot
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People
- Bruce CabotBruce CabotBruce Cabot was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in King Kong . He is also known for his roles in films such as the sixth version of Last of the Mohicans, Fritz Lang's Fury and the western Dodge City.-Early life:Cabot was born Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac in Carlsbad,...
(1904-1972), American actor - John CabotJohn CabotJohn Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century...
(c. 1450-c. 1499), Italian navigator and explorer - Godfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell CabotGodfrey Lowell Cabot was an American industrialist and philanthropist, who founded the Cabot Corporation.-Early life:...
(1861-1962), founder of the Cabot Corporation, philanthropist, and aviation pioneer - George CabotGeorge CabotGeorge Cabot was an American merchant, seaman, and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and as the Presiding Officer of the Hartford Convention.-Early life:...
(1752–1823), American merchant, seaman, and senator from Massachusetts - John Moors CabotJohn Moors CabotJohn Moors Cabot was an American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to four nations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration. He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.-Early life:...
(1901–1981), United States ambassador to five nations and Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, son of Godfrey Lowell Cabot - Meg CabotMeg CabotMeg Cabot is anAmerican author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults and used to write under several pen names, but now writes exclusively under her real name, Meg Cabot...
(born 1967), American author of romantic comedies, best known for her series The Princess Diaries - Richard Clarke CabotRichard Clarke CabotRichard Clarke Cabot was an American physician who advanced clinical hematology, was an innovator in teaching methods, and was a pioneer in social work.-Family History:...
(1868–1939), American physician and pioneer in social work - Sebastian Cabot (actor)Sebastian Cabot (actor)Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, "Giles French," opposite Brian Keith's character, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair. He was also known for playing Dr...
(1918–1977), British actor - Sebastian Cabot (explorer)Sebastian Cabot (explorer)Sebastian Cabot was an explorer, born in the Venetian Republic.-Origins:...
(c. 1474-c. 1557), explorer of the Americas, the son of John Cabot - Susan CabotSusan Cabot-Early life:Born Harriet Shapiro to a Russian Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts, Cabot's early life was one of turmoil, and she was raised in eight different foster homes. She completed her education in New York, New York, and found employment as an illustrator...
(1927–1986), American actress - The Cabot familyCabot familyThe Cabot family was part of the Boston Brahmin, also known as the "first families of Boston."-Family origin:The Boston Brahmin Cabot family descended from John Cabot , who immigrated from his birthplace to Salem, Massachusetts in 1700...
of Boston
Fictional characters
- Alexandra Cabot, in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Conviction
- Rosanna CabotRosanna CabotRosanna Cabot is a fictional character on the American daytime soap opera, As the World Turns.The character was originated by Yvonne Perry who portrayed her from 1992 to 1999...
, in the soap opera As the World Turns - Tarl Cabot, hero of most of the GorGorGor , the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for a series of 30 novels by John Norman that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction...
book series by John NormanJohn NormanJohn Frederick Lange, Jr. , better known under his pen name John Norman, is a professor of philosophy and an author. He is best known for his Gor novel series.-Biography:... - William Cabot, in the film The Sum of All FearsThe Sum of All Fears (film)The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American action film/political thriller directed by Phil Alden Robinson and based on the novel The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy...
- Ephraim Cabot, in the play Desire Under the ElmsDesire Under the ElmsDesire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes Electra, it represents one of O'Neill's attempts to place plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy in a rural New England setting. It is essentially a...
by Eugene O'Neill
Places
Canada- Cabot HeadCabot HeadCabot Head is a point of land on the northeast tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Bruce Peninsula separates Georgian Bay from the rest of Lake Huron. Cabot Head is so named in honor of the explorer John Cabot, although Cabot never explored the Great Lakes....
, a point of land in Ontario - Cabot StraitCabot StraitCabot Strait is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. It is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso...
between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia - Cabot TrailCabot TrailThe Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is located in northern Victoria County and Inverness County on Cape Breton Island....
, a highway in Nova Scotia - Cabot Square, MontrealCabot Square, MontrealCabot Square is an urban square in Montreal, between the former Montreal Forum and the Montreal Children's Hospital.The square is located in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood, an area which has been recently re-dubbed the Qurtier des Grands Jardins and has been slated for redevelopment.It is...
United States
- Cabot, ArkansasCabot, ArkansasAs of the census of 2000, there were 15,269 people, 5,432 households, and 4,329 families residing in the city. The population density was 798.2 people per square mile . There were 5,712 housing units at an average density of 298.8 per square mile...
, a city - Cabot, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
- Cabot, Vermont, a town
- Cabot (village), VermontCabot (village), VermontCabot Village is a village in the town of Cabot in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 239 at the 2000 census. Cabot Village contains a village store, hardware store, post office, public school , an inn, a fraternal hall, a church, and a restaurant...
, an unincorporated village
- Cabot (village), Vermont
- Mount CabotMount CabotMount Cabot is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is the highest peak of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. Cabot is flanked to the northeast by The Bulge, and to the south of Bunnell Notch by Terrace Mountain....
, a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
United Kingdom
- Cabot, BristolCabot, BristolCabot is a council ward that covers the centre of Bristol. It gets its name from the Cabot Tower - a memorial tower on Brandon Hill that was built to commemorate John Cabot's voyage and "discovery" of North America.-Areas:...
, a council ward - Cabot SquareCabot SquareCabot Square is one of the central squares of the Canary Wharf Development in London's Docklands.The square includes a fountain and several works of art, and is the address for the London Offices of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley....
, London
Businesses
- Cabot CorporationCabot CorporationCabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates in four segments: the Carbon Black Business, the Metal Oxides Business, the Supermetals Business, and the Specialty Fluids Business. Cabot's headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts...
a chemicals company in Massachusetts - Cabot CreameryCabot CreameryThe Cabot Creamery Cooperative is an American dairy agricultural marketing cooperative, wholly owned by the Agri-Mark Cooperative.Originally started as Cabot Farmers Cooperative Creamery in 1919 by farmers in Cabot, Vermont, it was taken over by the Agri-Mark Cooperative in 1992...
, a farmer's cooperative making dairy products - Cabot OilCabot OilCabot Oil & Gas Corporation is an independent petroleum and natural gas exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas ....
, an independent oil and gas production company
Buildings
- Cabot HouseCabot HouseCabot House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University. Cabot House derives from the merger in 1970 of South and East House, which took the name South House , until the name was changed and the House reincorporated in 1984 to honor Harvard benefactors Thomas Cabot and...
, one of the twelve undergraduate houses at Harvard College - Cabot Tower (Newfoundland)Cabot Tower (Newfoundland)Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of tower begun in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee....
- Cabot Tower (Bristol)Cabot Tower (Bristol)Cabot Tower is a tower in Bristol, England, situated in a public park on Brandon Hill, between the city centre, Clifton and Hotwells. It was constructed in memory of John Cabot, 400 years after he set sail in the Matthew from Bristol and landed in what was later to become Canada. The foundation...
- Cabot HallCabot HallCabot Hall was a large banqueting and performance hall situated in Canary Wharf, in London's Docklands.It was opened in 1991 and hosted events including lectures by Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and Nelson Mandela as well as music events....
, a former banqueting and performance hall in Canary Wharf, London
Other
- USS CabotUSS CabotThree ships of the United States Navy have been named Cabot, after the explorer John Cabot.* The , was a 14-gun brig purchased in 1775 and captured by the British in 1777.*The , was renamed Lexington on 16 June 1942, prior to launch....
, several ships of the U.S. Navy - Cabot ringsCabot ringsCabot rings are thin, red-violet staining, threadlike strands in the shape of a loop or figure-8 that are found on rare occasions in erythrocytes...
, thin strands found in red blood cells