Seward

Seward

Seward is the name of a number of people and places:

People

Family name

* Adam Seward (born 1982), National Football League player
* Albert Charles Seward (1863 - 1941), British botanist and geologist, winner of the 1934 Darwin Medal
* Anna Seward (1747 - 1809), English writer of the 19th century
* Danny Seward (born 1976), British actor
* Ed Seward (1867- 1947), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Frances Adeline Seward (1805 - 1865), wife of William H. Seward, Sr., a First Lady of New York State
* Frederick W. Seward (1830 - 1915), son of William H. Seward, Sr., two-time Assistant Secretary of State
* George Seward (1840 - 1910), U.S. diplomat, envoy to China 1876 - 1880
* Harold H. Seward, developer in 1954 of the Radix sort computer algorithm
* James Lindsay Seward (1813 - 1886), American politician, U.S. Representative from Georgia 1853 - 1859
* Julian Seward, developer of bzip2, an open-source data compression program
* Olive Risley Seward (1844 - 1908), adopted daughter of William H. Seward, Sr.
* Terry Maxwell Seward, geochemist for whom the mineral Sewardite is named
* Vern Seward, American technology writer
* Walter H. Seward (1896–2008), American supercentenarian
* William E. Seward, abolitionist who sold some land in upstate New York to Harriet Tubman
* William H. Seward [Sr.] (1801 - 1872), Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln
* William H. Seward, Jr. (1839 - 1920), son of William H. Seward, Sr., a brigadier general for the Union during the Civil War

First name

* Seward Collins (1899 - 1952), publisher of "The American Review", prominent pre-World War II proponent of fascism
* Seward Smith, American politician, associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court

Fictional

* John Seward, character in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula"

Places: United States

* Seward's Folly, an early derisive name for the Alaska purchase

Counties

* Seward County, Kansas
* Seward County, Nebraska

Cities and towns

* Seward, Alaska
* Seward, Illinois
* Seward Township, Kendall County, Illinois
* Seward Township, Winnebago County, Illinois
* Seward, Kansas
* Seward Township, Minnesota
* Seward, Nebraska
* Seward, New York
* Seward, North Carolina
* Seward, Pennsylvania

Other

* Seward Highway, Alaska
* Seward Peninsula, Alaska
* Seward, Minneapolis, a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota

ee also

*Seward High School (disambiguation)
*Seward Park (disambiguation)

Places: World

* Seward Mountains, Antarctica
* Sewards End, a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England

Other uses

* Seward Trunk Co., an American luggage company


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  • Seward — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Seward (Alaska) Seward (Kansas) Seward (Nebraska) Seward (New York) Seward (North Carolina) Seward (Pennsylvania) Countys: Seward County (Kansas) Seward County (Nebraska) Personen: Adam… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Seward — Seward, AK U.S. city in Alaska Population (2000): 2830 Housing Units (2000): 1058 Land area (2000): 14.436651 sq. miles (37.390753 sq. km) Water area (2000): 7.093999 sq. miles (18.373372 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.530650 sq. miles (55.764125… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seward, AK — U.S. city in Alaska Population (2000): 2830 Housing Units (2000): 1058 Land area (2000): 14.436651 sq. miles (37.390753 sq. km) Water area (2000): 7.093999 sq. miles (18.373372 sq. km) Total area (2000): 21.530650 sq. miles (55.764125 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seward, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 63 Housing Units (2000): 38 Land area (2000): 0.246392 sq. miles (0.638153 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.246392 sq. miles (0.638153 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seward, NE — U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 6319 Housing Units (2000): 2415 Land area (2000): 3.272601 sq. miles (8.475998 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.272601 sq. miles (8.475998 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seward, PA — U.S. borough in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 484 Housing Units (2000): 226 Land area (2000): 0.214623 sq. miles (0.555870 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.214623 sq. miles (0.555870 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Seward — (spr. ßjūĕrd), William Henry, nordamerikan. Staatsmann, geb. 16. Mai 1801 in Florida (New York), gest. 10. Okt. 1872 in Auburn, studierte die Rechte, ward 1830 als Senator in die Legislatur und 1838 zum Gouverneur des Staates New York gewählt und …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Seward — (spr. Sjuhrd), William Henry, geb. 16. Mai 1801 zu Florida in der Grafschaft Orange des Staates New York; studirte auf dem Union College in Shenectady, widmete sich den Rechtswissenschaften u. ließ sich 1823 in Auburn als Advocat nieder; er wurde …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • seward — seward, or seaward /s(y)uward/siyword/ One who guards the sea coast; custos marls …   Black's law dictionary

  • Seward — [so͞o′ərd] William Henry 1801 72; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1861 69) …   English World dictionary

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