Barclay

Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best known for The Ship of Fools (1509), a translation and elongation of Sebastian Brant's widely popular poem Das Narrenschiff.

Barclay, John, 1734-98, minister of the Church of Scotland and founder of the Bereans or Barclayites. His Without Faith, without God (1769) and other works were unacceptable to his presbytery, and he was prohibited from preaching. His adherents united in independent congregations, and Barclay became minister of the one at Edinburgh. Later he organized a Berean congregation in London.

Barclay, Robert, 1648-90, Scottish apologist for the Society of Friends (Quakers). He wrote many controversial works but is best known for his great treatise An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, which appeared in Latin in 1676 and in English two years later. The duke of York (later James II) granted a patent of the province of East Jersey to 12 members of the Society of Friends; Barclay was nominal governor (1682-88), but he never went to America. His collected works were published in 1692 as Truth Triumphant.

(born April 13?, 1906, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, Ire.—died Dec. 22, 1989, Paris, France) Irish playwright. After studying in Ireland and traveling, he settled in Paris in 1937. During World War II he supported himself as a farmworker and joined the underground resistance. In the postwar years he wrote, in French, the narrative trilogy Molloy (1951), Malone Dies (1951), and The Unnamable (1953). His play Waiting for Godot (1952) was an immediate success in Paris and gained worldwide acclaim when he translated it into English. Marked by minimal plot and action, existentialist ideas, and humour, it typifies the Theatre of the Absurd. His later plays, also sparsely staged, abstract works that deal with the mystery and despair of human existence, include Endgame (1957), Krapp's Last Tape (1958), and Happy Days (1961). In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

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(born April 13?, 1906, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, Ire.—died Dec. 22, 1989, Paris, France) Irish playwright. After studying in Ireland and traveling, he settled in Paris in 1937. During World War II he supported himself as a farmworker and joined the underground resistance. In the postwar years he wrote, in French, the narrative trilogy Molloy (1951), Malone Dies (1951), and The Unnamable (1953). His play Waiting for Godot (1952) was an immediate success in Paris and gained worldwide acclaim when he translated it into English. Marked by minimal plot and action, existentialist ideas, and humour, it typifies the Theatre of the Absurd. His later plays, also sparsely staged, abstract works that deal with the mystery and despair of human existence, include Endgame (1957), Krapp's Last Tape (1958), and Happy Days (1961). In 1969 he was awarded the Nobel Prize.

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Barclay is a town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 143.

Geography

Barclay is located at (39.144714, -75.864655).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 143 people, 54 households, and 42 families residing in the town. The population density was 552.9 people per square mile (212.4/km²). There were 60 housing units at an average density of 232.0/sq mi (89.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.31% White, 6.99% African American, and 0.70% from two or more races.

There were 54 households out of which 42.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 76.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $41,250, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,698. There were none of the families and 2.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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