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Encyclopedia > Hobart (disambiguation)

Hobart is the name of a number of places in the world:

as well as some people: Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Hobart is a city located in Lake County, Indiana. ... Hobart is a city located in Kiowa County, Oklahoma. ... Hobart is a census-designated place located in King County, Washington. ... Hobart is a village located in Delaware County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 390. ... Hobart is a village located in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ...

  • Baron Hobart is a subsidiary title held by the Earl of Buckinghamshire
  • Garret Hobart was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1897 to 1899
  • Sir Percy Hobart Amoured vehicle strategist and commander of the 79th Amoured Division in the Second World War

and also has these meanings: Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1746. ... Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844–November 21, 1899) was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States. ... Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart (14 June 1885-19 February 1957) was a British military engineer and commander of the 79th Armoured Division during World War II. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles (Hobarts Funnies) that took part in the invasion of Normandy. ...

  • Hobart is a brand of welding machines.
  • Hobart is a manufacturer and servicer of commercial kitchen equipment

  Results from FactBites:
 
hobart (1719 words)
Hobart Town, from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 inhabitants, and the whole of Tasmania 36,505.''But since the Derwent River was one of Australia's finest deepwater ports and was the centre of the Southern Ocean whaling and seal trade, it rapidly grew into a major port, with allied industries such as ship-building.
Hobart Town became a city in 1842, and was renamed Hobart in 1875.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was born and raised in Taroona, a southern suburb of Hobart.
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