(born Jan. 30, 1775, Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng.—died Sept. 17, 1864, Florence, Italy) British writer. He was educated at Rugby School and Oxford but left both over disagreements with the authorities. A classicist, he originally wrote many of his works in Latin. Though he wrote lyrics, plays, and heroic poems, he is best remembered for his multivolume Imaginary Conversations, prose dialogues between historical personages (1824–53). He spent much of his life in France and Italy.
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(born Jan. 30, 1775, Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng.—died Sept. 17, 1864, Florence, Italy) British writer. He was educated at Rugby School and Oxford but left both over disagreements with the authorities. A classicist, he originally wrote many of his works in Latin. Though he wrote lyrics, plays, and heroic poems, he is best remembered for his multivolume Imaginary Conversations, prose dialogues between historical personages (1824–53). He spent much of his life in France and Italy.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²), of which, 4.9 square miles (12.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.80%) is water.
There were 4,811 households out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 44.1% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $64,983, and the median income for a family was $70,917. Males had a median income of $45,457 versus $39,777 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $25,798. About 3.7% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.