Ashford University. Ashford University is a semester college located in Clinton, Iowa. At Ashford University, students can major in a broad variety of subjects ranging from Public Administration to Education and earn undergraduate as well as post-graduate degrees.
Knopf was founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf, Sr with a $5,000 advance from his father. The first office was located in New York's Candler Building. The publishing house was officially incorporated in 1918, with Alfred Knopf as president, Blanche Knopf as vice-president, and Samuel Knopf as treasurer.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was an Advocate and one of the world's greatest writers. He collected around 9000 books and his library at his home at Abbotsford, near Melrose, remains much as he left it. The library is one of a relatively small number of world-class writers' libraries.