| Organization | Randolph College |
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| Location | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°26′22.4″N79°10′23.2″W / 37.439556°N 79.173111°W Coordinates: 37°26′22.4″N79°10′23.2″W / 37.439556°N 79.173111°W |
| Established | 1900 |
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  Location of Winfree Observatory | |
Winfree Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Randolph College. Built in 1900 and named after Maj. C.V. Winfree, it is located in Lynchburg, Virginia (USA).
The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, with a primary mission to produce Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) for the United States Navy and the United States Department of Defense. Located in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the Northwestern end of Embassy Row, it is one of the pre-1900 astronomical observatories located in an urban area; at the time of its construction, it was far from the light pollution thrown off by the (then-smaller) city center. Former USNO director Gernot M. R. Winkler initiated the "Master Clock" service that the USNO still operates, and which provides precise time to the GPS satellite constellation run by the United States Air Force. The USNO performs radio VLBI-based positions of quasars with numerous global collaborators, in order to produce Earth Orientation parameters.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames. It played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and because the prime meridian passes through it, it gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time. The ROG has the IAU observatory code of 000, the first in the list. ROG, the National Maritime Museum, the Queen's House and Cutty Sark are collectively designated Royal Museums Greenwich.
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically, observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant or Stonehenge.
Old River-Winfree is a city in Chambers and Liberty counties, Texas, United States. The population was 1,245 at the 2010 census.
The Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics is a $5000 prize awarded, every three years, for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense." It was endowed in 1967 in honor of Norbert Wiener by MIT's mathematics department and is provided jointly by the American Mathematical Society and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Arthur Taylor Winfree was a theoretical biologist at the University of Arizona. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
William Paul Winfree is an American experimental physicist who is known for his contributions to the field of nondestructive evaluation.
Erik Winfree is an American applied computer scientist, bioengineer, and professor at California Institute of Technology. He is a leading researcher into DNA computing and DNA nanotechnology.
Kenny Winfree is an American folk singer and songwriter. He is best known for his labor classic, “I’m A Union Card.” Joe Glazer called Winfree, “this generation’s Woody Guthrie” and wrote “I felt like Kenny had Woody’s knack for writing catchy, moving songs with a message. His songs are easy to remember.”
Teeyon Winfree, better known by his stage name Vado, is an American hip hop recording artist.
Winfree Academy is a set of charter schools located in North Texas.
Jason Winfree, professionally known by his stage name Haystak, is an American Southern hip hop musician from Nashville, Tennessee.
Daniel Edward Winfree is a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, who was appointed in 2008.
Winfree may refer to:
Farm to Market Road 565 (FM 565) is a farm-to-market road in the U.S. state of Texas.
Paul Winfree serves as director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and is also the Richard F. Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He is also the founder and president of N58 Policy Research. Winfree is also member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He previously was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic policy, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and Director of Budget Policy at the White House during the first year of the Trump administration.
Howard Winfree is an American rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Aetna Hill is a house in Midlothian, Virginia. It was built soon after 1791 by Thompson Blunt, who had just married Frances Morrisette, a granddaughter of Pierre Morrisette, one of the early Huguenot settlers. This original building consisted of "a 1 1/2 story Huguenot-style structure with a three-bay facade and twin front doors". In 1831 Thompson Blunt retired to Powhatan County and left Aetna Hill and its lands to his daughter Moriah and her husband, Elijah Brummall. A large addition was made to the house around 1840, when a 2 1/2 story, side passage house adjoining the west side of the original house was completed. In 1928, the house was in the possession of a local preacher named Robert H. Winfree. How the house came into the possession of Rev. Winfree is unclear, but it might have been inherited by his wife, Maria P. Watlington Winfree. Maria was the daughter of John O. W. Watlington and Ann Maria Brummall, who was the daughter of Elijah and Moriah. Winfree was the pastor of nearby Jerusalem Baptist Church, where he preached at for more than 30 years. The Midlothian and Chesterfield County historian, Bettie Woodson Weaver, also lived here with her mother, who was Robert H. Winfree's daughter, in her early years. After going to college and marrying Albert Weaver, Bettie returned to Aetna Hill in the mid 1940s and started renovating the place, adding heating, electricity, and indoor plumbing over the next three years to the 150-year-old house. The facade of the original 1791 house was altered when one of the front doors was taken off and replaced with a wide double window. Weaver lived at the house until very shortly before her death, writing and publishing 11 books and countless articles. In the present day, Aetna Hill is largely untouched and the main house appears as it did in the 1840s, with slight alterations. Its lands are one of the largest sections of still standing forests in central Midlothian.
Juwann Winfree is an American football wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado and was drafted by the Broncos in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
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