42º19N 73º15W, pop (2000e) 6000. Rural town in Berkshire Co, W Massachusetts, USA; in the Housatonic R valley; first settled, 1760; incorporated, 1777; named for General Charles Lee; birthplace of Francis Ayer; paper mills active in 19th-c; famous for its marble quarries; Beartown State Forest to the S; Memorial Hall (1874); Romanesque Congregational church (1857); Founder's Weekend festival (Oct).
Lee may refer to:
Etymology
Lee (English name), in English-speaking countries, a common family name and given name Lee (Korean name), the second most common Korean family name Lee, a common transliteration of a Chinese
surname Lee, one of the original common Hmong clan names
British geography
Lee, Buckinghamshire Lee, Devon Lee-on-the-Solent Lee, London River Lee (England)
American geography
Fort Lee, New Jersey Fort Lee, Virginia Lee, Massachusetts Lee, New Hampshire Lee, New York Lee County, Alabama Lee County, Arkansas Lee County, Florida Lee County, Georgia Lee County,
Illinois Lee County, Iowa Lee County, Kentucky Lee County, Mississippi Lee County, North Carolina Lee County, South Carolina Lee County, Texas Lee County, Virginia Lee Township, Michigan Lee
Township, Minnesota Lee Vining, California Mount Lee
Fictional Characters
Bill Lee (Stargate), fictional character in the science fiction television series
Stargate SG-1 Rock Lee, fictional character from the anime/manga series
Naruto. Lee, New
Zealand politician and writer John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, British Liberal Democrat politician John Michael Hubert Lee, retired Labour politician in the United Kingdom Lee Hsien Loong, third
Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Teng-hui, first democratically elected President of the Republic of China Richard Henry Lee, President of the
Continental Congress
Music
Ann Lee (singer), English pop singer Bill Lee (musician), American musician David Lee Roth, American rock music singer Geddy Lee, Canadian rock music singer Graham Lee (Australian musician),
Australian rock musician and record producer Graham Lee (musician), Principal Trombone for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jim Lee (musician & artist), contemporary musician and painter born
in Ohio Lee, a song by Tenacious D from their 2001 album
Tenacious D Lee Harding, Australian singer Lee Ryan, British singer Lee Scratch Perry, Dub musician Peggy Lee, singer
Television and film
Bernard Lee, actor best known for portraying M in the James Bond films Bobby Lee, a comedian on MADtv Brandon Lee, actor Bruce Lee, late Chinese American martial artist and actor Christopher
Lee, English actor Grace Lee Whitney, American actress Jason Lee, actor John Lee (actor), Australian actor John Rafter Lee, actor/voice actor who is best known for his portrayal of the mysterious
Trevor Goodchild in Peter Chung's Æon Flux Lee Majors, American actor Lee Marvin, American actor Lee Meriwether, American actress who was Miss America 1955 Lee Tergesen, American actor Lee Van
Cleef, American actor Majel Lee Hundec, American actress and widow of television director/producer/writer Gene Roddenberry Richard R. Kennedy
Science
John Lee (astronomer), English philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and barrister John Lee (pathologist), English consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital
Stephen Lee (chemist), Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University
Education
John Lee (University Principal), the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1840 to 1859 Lee University, private coeducational university located in Cleveland, Tennessee
Other
Kai-Fu Lee, American information technology executive and founding president of Google China Lee, potential tropical cyclone to occur in the Atlantic Ocean in 2011 Lee (Jeans), a clothing
brand Lee Iacocca, former chairman of Chrysler Corporation Lee waves, periodic changes of pressure in a stream of air when the wind moves over mountains Ralph Lee, puppet-maker Robin Lee Graham,
man who sailed around the world as a teenager Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of World Wide Web Consortium Lee Gabriel, a famous classical economist
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