Researching Dorothy Tarrant
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2113 people with the Tarrant surname? In that year Tarrant was ranked number 1766 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dorothy means "A gift of God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Dorothy Tarrant on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dorothy Tarrant and the Tarrant Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2988 people with the Tarrant surname in the UK? Tarrant is now ranked number 1815 for popularity in the UK. |
Tarrant Genealogy Databases
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Dorothy Tarrant. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Dorothy Tarrant
Dorothy Tarrant
Dorothy Tarrant (1885–1973) was a British classical scholar, specialising in Plato. She was the first female Professor of Greek in the United Kingdom, teaching at Bedford College, London from 1909 to 1950. She researched the work of Plato, pioneering the use of stylistic analysis to conclude that he had not written all the work previously attributed to him. She was active in the Classical Association and became its first woman president in 1958. She was also an active Unitarian and campaigned especially against alcohol, becoming the president of the Unitarian Temperance Association, the Unitarian Assembly and the Unitarian College.
Source: Dorothy Tarrant, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tarrant
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