Woburn, village, England
Woburn (w
`bərn), village, Bedfordshire, S central England. It is famous for Woburn Abbey (seat of the dukes of Bedford; see Russell John Russell, 1st earl of Bedford, 1486?–1555, rose to military and diplomatic importance. He was lord high steward and lord keeper of the privy seal under Henry VIII and Edward VI, was created 1st earl of Bedford in 1550, and had a..... Click the link for more information. , family), an 18th-century mansion constructed on the site of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1145. It contains a noteworthy art collection with many classical works brought from Rome in the 18th cent. A safari park also is there.
Woburn, city, United States
Woburn, city (1990 pop. 35,943), Middlesex co., NE Mass.; settled 1640, inc. as a city 1888. It has electrical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and leather industries, as well as greenhouses. The scientist Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, 1753–1814, American-British scientist and administrator, b. Woburn, Mass. In 1776 he went to England, where he served (1780–81) as undersecretary of the colonies, conducting significant experiments with gunpowder in his..... Click the link for more information. ) was born there; his house is now a museum.
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