Researching James Peacock
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10676 people with the Peacock surname? In that year Peacock was ranked number 387 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Peacock on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Peacock and the Peacock Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 13703 people with the Peacock surname in the UK? Peacock is now ranked number 417 for popularity in the UK. |
Peacock Genealogy Databases
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Miscellaneous Peacock Databases
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Some Famous People called James Peacock
James Peacock
James Lowe Peacock III (born 1937) is an American anthropologist.
Peacock studied psychology at Duke University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1959. Upon completing a doctorate in anthropology at Harvard University in 1965, he began teaching at Princeton University. He joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty in 1967. Peacock received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1980, and was named Kenan Professor of Anthropology in 1987. He served as president of the American Anthropological Association between 1993 and 1995. Peacock retired from UNC in May 2015.
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