Researching Edward Pike
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8707 people with the Pike surname? In that year Pike was ranked number 468 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Pike on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Pike and the Pike Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pike Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Pike family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Edward Pike at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Edward Pike using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 10786 people with the Pike surname in the UK? Pike is now ranked number 533 for popularity in the UK. |
Pike Genealogy Databases
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Pike Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Pike surname in the USA? Pike is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Pike Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Pike. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edward Pike
Edward Roy Pike
Edward Roy Pike FRS (born 4 December 1929 in Perth, Australia) is an Australian physicist, specializing in quantum optics.
He studied at Oxford University and from 1958 to 1960 was a Fulbright Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1960 to 1991 he was in the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, from 1967 as leading scientist, from 1973 as Deputy Chief Scientific Officer and from 1984 as Chief Scientific Officer. From 1984 to 1986 he was guest professor at Imperial College, London. From 1986 he was Clerk-Maxwell Professor for Theoretical Physics at King's College London, and from 1991 to 1994 head of its School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, later becoming Emeritus Professor of Physics.
From 1995 to 2004 he was a director of the software company Stilo Technology Ltd (from 2002 chairman). From 1981 to 1985 he was chairman of the publisher Adam Hilger Ltd. He founded Fonologica Ltd, a speech recognition software company, in 2004.
He received the Faraday Medal in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and received its Charles Parsons Prize in 1975, and a fellow of the Institute of Physics, of which he was vice president from 1981 to 1985.
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