Whittier definition of Whittier in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Whittier, city (1990 pop. 77,671), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; in a fruit and oil area; inc. 1898. Mainly residential, it has plants that manufacture such diversified goods as potato chips; automobile, aircraft, and missile parts; oil pumps; and clay and steel products. Several companies have their administrative headquarters there. Founded by Quakers in 1887, it was the hometown of President Richard M. Nixon Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913–94, 37th President of the United States (1969–74), b. Yorba Linda, Calif. Political Career to 1968

A graduate of Whittier College and Duke Univ. law school, he practiced law in Whittier, Calif.
..... Click the link for more information. . The city is the seat of Whittier College and Rio Hondo College. A state historic park in Whittier contains the mansion of the last Mexican governor of California, Pio Pica.

Whittier

John Greenleaf. 1807--92, US poet and humanitarian: a leading campaigner in the antislavery movement. His poems include Snow-Bound (1866)

Whittier

a settlement in southern Alaska, on the western shore of Prince William Sound, off the Pacific Ocean. Served by a railroad station. Population, 1,000 (1975). There are sawmills in the city, and there is fishing off the coast.

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			John Whittier died two weeks ago, leaving one child, a girl eleven years old. Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context All dead wrong from start to finish, an' Whittier he's to blame. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context Holmes's poetry; he loved Whittier and Longfellow, each represented in his slender stock by some distinctive work. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context			Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney number Whitney sum Whitney, Amos Whitney, Anne Whitney, Asa Whitney, Eli Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Hassler Whitney, John Hay Whitney, Mount Whitney, William C Whitney, William Collins Whitney, William Dwight Whitney, Willis Rodney Whitstable Whitsun Whitsunday Whitsuntide Whittaker differential equation Whittaker, Charles Evans Whittaker, Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Robert H. Whitten, Charles Arthur Whitten, Jamie Whittier Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittingham, Charles Whittington Whittington, Richard whittle Whittle, Sir Frank Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge Whittlesey, Derwent Whittredge, Thomas Worthington Whitty, Dame May Whitworth screw thread Whitworth, Joseph Whitworth, Kathy Whitworth, Sir Joseph whizzer mill WHNF WHO Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Who whodunnit Whois whole Whole Enchilada Fiesta whole gale whole number			Whitsuntide Whitsuntide WHITT Whittaker - Shannon Whittaker Creek Yacht Harbor Whittaker differential equation Whittaker function Whittaker functions Whittaker's function Whittaker, Charles Evans Whittaker, Charles Evans Whittaker, Charles Evans Whittaker, Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Robert H Whittaker, Robert H. Whittaker, W G Whittam Smith, Andreas Whittemore School of Business & Economics Whittemore United Methodist Church Whitten effect Whitten tree Whitten tree Whitten, Charles Arthur Whitten, Charles Arthur Whitten, Jamie Whitten, Jamie Lloyd Whitten-Brown, Arthur Whitter Whitterick Whittier Whittier Area Community Church Whittier Area Cooperative Special Education Program Whittier Area Literacy Council, Inc. Whittier Area Macintosh User Group Whittier Girls Softball League Whittier Narrows Golf Course Whittier Narrows Operable Unit Whittier Narrows Recreation Area Whittier Police Officers Association Whittier Rio Hondo AIDS Project Whittier Street Health Center Whittier Trust Company of Nevada Whittier Union High Whittier Union High School District Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittingham's saline Whittingham, Charles Whittington Whittington Whittington Whittington Moor Printing Works Whittington, Dick Whittington, Dick Whittington, Dick Whittington, Richard whittle whittle whittle

Whittier playV2('en/US/sj/sjsydod5systdnd5sogk');playV2('en/UK/sj/sjsydod5systdnd5sogk')

Whittier