Longyear
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Longyear may refer to:
- LongyearbyenLongyearbyenLongyearbyen is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway. It is located on the western coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, on the southern side on Adventfjorden , which continues inland with Adventdalen...
, the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago - Barry Longyear, (born 1942), USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
science fictionScience fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author and screenwriter - John Munroe LongyearJohn Munroe LongyearJohn Munroe Longyear was a noted developer of timber and mineral lands in America and the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company which surveyed and mined coal lands on Spitsbergen, now Svalbard, from 1905–1916...
(1850-1922), the founder of Longyearbyen - John W. LongyearJohn W. LongyearJohn Wesley Longyear was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Longyear was born in Shandaken, New York. He pursued classical studies in the Lima Academy of Lima, New York and taught school for several years. In 1844, he moved to Mason, Michigan where he taught school and...
(1820-1875), U.S. Representative from Michigan - Judith Q. LongyearJudith Q. LongyearJudith Querida Longyear was an American mathematician and professor.-Professional overview:*Interest areas included: Graph Theory; Combinatorics*Member of the American Mathematical Society...
(1938-1995), mathematician