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Jerdan
Jerdan is a Scottish surname. It is a variant of Jardine. Notable people with this surname include: *William Jerdan (1782–1869), Scottish businessman * David Smiles Jerdan (1871–1951), Scottish businessman and horticulturist * William Jerdan Jr. (1915–2001), American Reformed Episcopal bishop See also *Jardine Jardine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Jardine (born 1942), member of the Beach Boys * Alexander Jardine (British Army officer) (died 1799), Scottish army officer and author * Alexander Jardine (Medal of Honor) (1874– ... References {{surname, Jerdan Surnames of Scottish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jerdan
William Jerdan FSA (16 April 1782 – 11 July 1869), Scotland, Scottish journalist, was born at Kelso, Scotland. During the years between 1799 and 1806, he spent short periods in a country lawyer's office, a London West India merchant's counting house, an Edinburgh solicitor's chambers, and held the position of surgeon's mate on board HMS Gladiator (1783), H.M. guardship ''Gladiator'' in Portsmouth Harbour, under his uncle, who was surgeon. He went to London in 1806 and became a newspaper reporter. He was in the lobby of the British House of Commons, House of Commons on 11 May 1812, when Spencer Perceval was shot, and was the first to seize the assassin. By 1812, he had become editor of ''The Sun'', a semi-official Tory paper started by John Heriot (journalist), John Heriot in 1792; he was still there in 1815 and occasionally inserted literary articles, then quite an unusual proceeding; but a quarrel with the chief proprietor brought that engagement to a close in 1817. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Smiles Jerdan
David Smiles Jerdan FRSE (1871–1951) was a Scottish businessman and horticulturist. Life He was born on 12 July 1871 in Dennyloanhead in Stirlingshire in Central Scotland. His father was Rev Charles Jerdan, minister of St Michael Street Church in Greenock. He graduated MA from Glasgow University in 1892. He then did further postgraduate studies at the University of Heidelberg where he gained a PhD and Queen's College in Manchester, where he gained a DSc. He was Manager of J & G Cox Ltd, glue and gelatine manufacturers at Gorgie Mills in Edinburgh. From here he moved to the linked trade of tanning, becoming Manager of the Tannerie Maroquinerie in Brussels. He later returned to Scotland as Director of A & G Paterson Ltd timber merchants at 60 to 68 Tennant Street in Glasgow. In 1900, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir John Murray, Alexander Crum Brown, Robert Irvine and John Gibson. He died on 5 December 1951. He is buried in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jardine
Jardine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Jardine (born 1942), member of the Beach Boys * Alexander Jardine (British Army officer) (died 1799), Scottish army officer and author * Alexander Jardine (Medal of Honor) (1874–1949), American Medal of Honor recipient * Alexander William Jardine (1843–1920), Australian engineer and geographer * Antonio Jardine (born 1988), NCAA college basketball player for the Syracuse Orange * Cassandra Jardine (1954–2012), British journalist and writer * Christine Jardine (born 1960), British politician * David Jardine (other), several people: :* David Jardine (1840–1892), of David and John Jardine, US architect :* David Jardine Jardine (1847–1922), Scottish landowner and racehorse owner :* David Jardine (barrister) (1794–1860), English barrister and magistrate :* David Jardine (footballer) (1867-?), Scottish football goalkeeper :* David Jardine (merchant) (1818–1856), tai-pan of the Jardine, Matheson & Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jerdan Jr
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |