Researching George Greenough
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 756 people with the Greenough surname? In that year Greenough was ranked number 2825 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Greenough on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Greenough and the Greenough Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 913 people with the Greenough surname in the UK? Greenough is now ranked number 3182 for popularity in the UK. |
Greenough Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Greenough surname in the USA? Greenough is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called George Greenough
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough FRS FGS (18 January 1778 – 2 April 1855) was a pioneering English geologist. He is best known as a synthesizer of geology rather than as an original researcher. Trained as a lawyer, he was a talented speaker and his annual addresses as founding president of the Geological Society of London were influential in identifying and guiding contemporary geological research. Greenough advocated an empirical approach to the early science; his scepticism of theoretical thinking courted controversy amongst some contemporaries, especially his doubts of the usefulness of fossils in correlating strata. He compiled a geological map of England and Wales, published in 1820 and in the penultimate year of his life used similar methods to produce the first geological map of British India. Greenough characterised himself as follows:bright eyes, silver hair, large mouth, ears and feet; fondness for generalisation, for system and clearliness; great diligence, patience and zeal; goodnature but hasty; firmness of principle;hand for gardening.
Source: George Bellas Greenough, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Greenough
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