Comstock

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Comstock may refer to:

In law:

• Comstock laws, anti-obscenity laws in the United States

People:

• Anna Botsford Comstock, (1854–1930), was a U.S. artist, educator, and conservationist
• Anthony Comstock, (1844–1915), U.S. moral reformer and namesake of the Comstock laws
• Charles Carter Comstock (1818-1900), U.S. politician from Michigan
• Daniel Frost Comstock (1883-?), U.S. physicist und engineer
• Daniel Webster Comstock (1840-1917), U.S. politician from Indiana
• Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924–2004) was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan
• Henry Thomas Paige Comstock, (1820-1870), U.S. prospector credited with the discovery of the Comstock Lode
• Harriet Theresa Comstock, American novelist and author of children's books
• John Henry Comstock, (1849–1931), U.S. entomologist, co-creator of the Comstock-Needham system
• Keith Comstock, (born 1955), major league baseball player
• Oliver Cromwell Comstock (1780-1860), U.S. politician from New York
• Solomon Gilman Comstock (1842-1933), U.S. politician from Minnesota
• William Comstock (1877–1949), Governor of Michigan
• Robert Comstock (born 1955), General Manager of WHFH Radio

Places in the United States of America:

• Comstock Township, Michigan
• Comstock Northwest, Michigan
• Comstock Park, Michigan
• Comstock, Minnesota
• Comstock Township, Minnesota
• Comstock, Nebraska
• Comstock, Texas and the Comstock Independent School District

Other:

• Comstock (crater), a lunar crater
• Comstock Films, a film studio which documentaries are about real couples, having sex.
• Comstock Images, a stock photography company
• Comstock Lode and mines in Virginia City, Nevada
• Mines using the name Comstock as part of their legal name in West Coast, Tasmania
• Comstock Tram at two locations in West Coast, Tasmania
• USS Comstock (LSD-45), a dock landing ship of the United States Navy
• Gordon Comstock, a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying
• Roger Comstock, a fictional character in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle of novels
• Earl Comstock, a fictional character in Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon novel.