Courant

Courant may mean several things.

• Courant is a common word for "newspaper". In 1618 the first periodical news sheets, called "corantos", went on sale in Amsterdam. This idea - for regular news updates - was adopted by publishers in London and on Sept 24, 1621, the first issue of an English weekly newspaper went on sale. It was called the "Corante" and subtitled "Weekely Newes". It only survived for 7 editions but its title, anglicised to "Courant", survived. See, for instance, "Hexham Courant" - still published today - or "Newcastle Courant". More details can be found in "Making Haste from Babylon" by Nick Bunker, a history of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Benjamin Franklin's brother James began a New England Courant in Boston. The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.^{[citation needed]}
• Courant, a commune of the Charente-Maritime département, France
• Courant, in heraldry, signifying a running animal with all four paws raised
• The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University
• Courant, an alternative spelling for the Baroque dance form, courante.

People

• Richard Courant, Mathematician
• Ernest Courant, Particle physicist

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