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Stanford

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Stan·ford  (stnfrd), Leland 1824-1893.
American financier of the Central Pacific Railroad (built 1863-1869) and founder of Stanford University (1885).
Stanford [ˈstænfəd]
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(Biographies / Stanford, Sir Charles (Villiers) (1852-1924) M, Anglo-Irish, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: conductor) Sir Charles (Villiers). 1852-1924, Anglo-Irish composer and conductor, who as a teacher at the Royal College of Music had much influence on the succeeding generation of composers: noted esp for his church music, oratorios, and cantatas
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Noun1.StanfordStanford - United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)
Leland Stanford
2.Stanford - a university in California
Stanford University
Palo Alto - a university town in California


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He was president of the Stanford University, a private benefaction of the times.
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I tell you, the Leland Stanford Junior isn't a circumstance to the old "We're Here"; but I'm coming into the business for keeps next fall.
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The town of Palo Alto and Stanford University had been sacked in similar fashion, we learned.
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