Reading (USA)

40º20N 75º56W, pop (2000e) 81 000. Seat of Berks Co, SE Pennsylvania, USA; on R Schuylkill, 80 km/50 mi NW of Philadelphia; incorporated as a city, 1847; former hat-making industry in early 19th-c; birthplace of Spencer Fullerton Baird, Daniel Boone, Wallace Stevens; railway; airfield; steelworks using local coal; optical goods.

Reading may be:

An activity:

Reading (activity), an activity performed by a human Reading (technical), an activity performed by a computer Reading (legislature), a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature Reading (for degree), studying for a degree, particularly at Oxbridge Cold reading (theatrical), an audition without rehearsal Sight reading, performance of music or theater without having seen it before

A place in England (pronounced /ˈrɛdɪŋ/):

Reading, Berkshire (the origin of other place names) University of Reading, a university in Reading Reading Festival, a rock music festival in Reading Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)

A place in the United States:

Reading, Kansas Reading, Massachusetts North Reading, Massachusetts Reading, Michigan Reading Township, Michigan Reading, New York Reading, Ohio Reading, Pennsylvania Reading Township, Pennsylvania West Reading, Pennsylvania Reading, Vermont Port Reading, New Jersey Reading Railroad, a historical U.S. railroad With a slightly different spelling: Redding, California Redding, Connecticut Redding, Iowa

An Electrical Power Station in Israel:

Reading Power Station, Israel

A sporting club:

Reading F.C., a football team from Reading, England

A person:

Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935) John Reading (composer and organist) (c1645-1692) John Reading (composer, organist and copyist) (c.1685 – 1764) John H.