Researching Lawrence Mills
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38838 people with the Mills surname? In that year Mills was ranked number 78 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lawrence means "Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lawrence Mills and the Mills Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 48316 people with the Mills surname in the UK? Mills is now ranked number 85 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Lawrence Mills
Lawrence Heyworth Mills
Lawrence Heyworth Mills, DD, MA, (1837 – January 29, 1918), who generally published as L. H. Mills, was Professor of Zend Philology or the Persian language at Oxford University.
Mills was born in New York City to Philo L. Mills and Elizabeth Caroline Kane and attended school in Fairfax County, Virginia and in New York at New York University and finally moved to Oxford in 1887.
In 1887, Mills translated a portion, Gathas, of the Avestan language texts of the Avesta into English. This translation, which included the Yasna, Visparad, Afrînagân, Gâhs, and miscellaneous fragments, were subsequently publication as in volume 31 of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East, as volume 3 of 3 of the series initiated by James Darmesteter.
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