Researching Ellen Lanyon
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The name Ellen means "Form of ELEANOR. light" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Ellen Lanyon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ellen Lanyon and the Lanyon Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Ellen Lanyon
Ellen Lanyon
Ellen Lanyon (December 21, 1926 – October 7, 2013) was a painter and printmaker from Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), her MFA from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History and studied restoration at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She also received an honorary doctorate from SAIC. Her works are in the permanent collections of many major American museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Ulrich Museum.
Source: Ellen Lanyon, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Lanyon
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