Researching Harold Speed
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2406 people with the Speed surname? In that year Speed was ranked number 1608 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Speed on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Speed and the Speed Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Speed 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Speed family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3258 people with the Speed surname in the UK? Speed is now ranked number 1712 for popularity in the UK. |
Speed Family Tree Databases
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Speed Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Speed surname in the USA? Speed is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Speed Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Harold Speed. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harold Speed
Harold Speed
Harold Speed (11 February 1872 – 20 March 1957) was an English painter in oil and watercolour of portraits, figures and historical subjects. He also wrote instructional books for artists that remain in print.
Born in London, the son of Edward Speed, an architect, he studied architecture at the Royal College of Art, but soon took up painting, and continued his studies at the Royal Academy Schools between 1891 and 1896, winning a gold medal and a travelling scholarship in 1893. In 1896, he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Speed was a member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected as it's Master in 1916.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893, and held his first one-man exhibition in 1907 at the Leicester Galleries. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1930 he provided paintings for the new chapel of Wesley House, Cambridge.
Speed lived in Watlington, Oxfordshire and London, where he died on 20 March 1957.
Because of their intelligent combination of useful advice and sensitive reflection on the nature and meaning of artistic practice, Harold Speed's instructional manuals on drawing and painting have long been considered valuable resources for artists. There are editions of his manual "The Practice and Science of Drawing" (1913) in the public domain. His other publications include The Science and Practice of Oil Painting (1924) and What is the Good of Art? (1936).
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