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Box office. $544,538 [1] A Map of the World is a 1999 American drama film, based on the 1994 novel by Jane Hamilton. Directed by Scott Elliott and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, the film stars Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore and David Strathairn. Weaver was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion ...
A Map of the World (1994) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It was the Oprah's Book Club selection for December 1999. It was made into a movie released in 1999 starring Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Louise Fletcher and Marc Donato with a soundtrack by Pat Metheny.
- Jane Hamilton
- 1994
Pioneer Information. Born in Riverton, New Jersey, Leavitt received a private education at the Gunnery and the Cheltenham Military Academy. From 1891 to 1896, he gained experience in various aspects of civil engineering while working for the Caldwell (New Jersey) Railway; the New York Suburban Land Company; the town of Essex Fells, New Jersey ...
Fuller published his map in Life magazine, as a corrective, he said, “for the layman, engrossed in belated, war-taught lessons in geography…. The Dymaxion World map is a means by which he can see the whole world fairly at once.”
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Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. was born in Riverton, New Jersey, on March 13, 1871, the son of Charles Wellford Sr. and Sarah (Allibone) Leavitt. He was educated at The Gunnery school in Washington, Connecticut, and the Cheltenham Military Academy in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Charles Wellford Leavitt Jr. married Clara Gordon White at Essex Fells, New...
Leavitt began his career as an assistant engineer in charge of construction with the East Jersey Water Company, then subsequently joined the Caldwell Railway and acted as engineer for the town of Essex Fells, New Jersey, where he directed the engineering and construction of water and sewer facilities, roads and other municipal facilities. By 1897 L...
Works by or about Charles Wellford Leavitt at Internet ArchiveA Great Chancellor's Vision: The University of Georgia, A Practicable Development Outlined, Charles Wellford Leavitt, 1905, ASIN: B00089PM38Health, Sunshine and Wealth, Charles Wellford Leavitt & Son, Camden County, New Jersey, c. 1930LEAD SPONSORS. SAH Archipedia has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Born in Riverton, NJ, Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr., received his early education at the Gunnery in Washington, CT, and at Cheltenham Academy in Cheltenham, PA. He began his career as an engineer in 1891, and by 1893 had secured a position with the New York Suburban Land Company.
