Researching George Pirie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2143 people with the Pirie surname? In that year Pirie was ranked number 1753 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 Pirie on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Pirie and the Pirie Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3130 people with the Pirie surname in the UK? Pirie is now ranked number 1761 for popularity in the UK. |
Pirie Family Tree Databases
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Pirie Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on George Pirie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Pirie
George Pirie (artist)
Sir George Pirie PRSA (1863–1946) was a Scottish artist who was associated with the Glasgow Boys in the 1880s, though he was not in much sympathy with the theories of these artists.
He was born in Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on 5 December 1863. His father was John Pirie, a physician and surgeon, and his mother was Jane Harvey. As a child the family moved to Glasgow, where his father was a popular and well-known physician. He educated at Glasgow Academy and graduated M.A. at Glasgow University in 1882. He studied at Glasgow School of Art, the Slade School, and the Académie Julian in Paris under Gustave Boulanger, Jules Lefebvre, and Emmanuel Frémiet the sculptor.
He painted animals and birds, as well as some landscapes. In the early 1890s he was in Texas for a period, drawing horses and ranching scenes. He exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy as well as in Scotland and the provinces.
He served as President of the Royal Scottish Academy from 1933 to 1944 and was knighted in 1937.
In 1901 he had married Jean Wingate in Glasgow with whom he had two sons and a daughter. The family lived in a large isolated house in Torrance with enough space for all of them to pursue their own interests. The younger son was the biochemist Norman Wingate Pirie. He was knighted in 1937, and died in Torrance on 17 February 1946, aged 82.
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