Researching Philip Solomon
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The name Philip means "lover of horses" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Philip Solomon on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Philip Solomon and the Solomon Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Solomon 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 Solomon family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2853 people with the Solomon surname in the UK? Solomon is now ranked number 1881 for popularity in the UK. |
Solomon Family History Databases
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Solomon Forums
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Philip Solomon
Dr. Philip Solomon (April 16, 1907 – May 31, 2002) was an American psychiatrist and researcher.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard College (1927) and Harvard Medical School, Solomon served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy attached to the sixth Marine division during World War II as the Division Psychiatrist. He was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Physician in Chief of Psychiatry at Boston City Hospital from 1952 until 1969. He founded the College Mental Health Center in Boston in 1968. In 1969, Solomon moved to La Jolla, California where he served as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCSD Medical School.
His fields of research included electroencephalography, sensory deprivation, alcoholism, suicide and other clinical subjects. His publications number over 200, including several books.
Married three times with three children, Dr. Solomon was preceded in death by his first wife, Sarah "Pebbles" Gelman Solomon (of Hartford, Boston, Los Angeles and Houston), his second wife U.S. Senator Maurine Brown Neuberger and survived by his third ex-wife, Dr. Susan Thurman Kleeman of Boston; son, fine art photographer Andrew L. Solomon, and Andrew's wife, Dana Donsky Solomon, Esq, of Houston; two daughters, music and popular culture critic Linda Solomon of Houston and Susan Thurman Solomon of Boston; stepson, Jeffrey Thurman Kleeman of Los Angeles; grandsons, Rex Solomon, and Rex's wife Margaret Ann Solomon, Esq, and great grandson Dylan Chase Solomon, of Houston, and cinematographer Keith Solomon and his wife, and two great granddaughters of Los Angeles. He was brother in to artist Aaron Gelman. He was buried in Temple Israel Cemetery in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Source: Philip Solomon, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPhilip Solomon (medium)
Philip Solomon (born 23 July 1951, in Wolverhampton, England) is a Spiritualist medium, author, broadcaster and paranormal researcher. Philip Solomon is UK-based and has appeared many times on television and radio in his role as a medium. He has also written thirty books on the paranormal world and other subjects for the popular market as well as being a former radio presenter for Wolverhampton City Radio 101.8 FM. He was also a freelancer for BBC Radio nationally and WM West Midlands and various other radio stations worldwide. He is also a feature columnist for Psychic World Newspaper and in the past the Wolverhampton Express & Star newspapers, Haunted magazine, Take A Break's Fate & Fortune magazine and Psychic News. He has worked with several well-known mediums such as Derek Acorah and all the other UK and United States renowned mediums and parapsychologists such as Dr Hans Holzer. In the past he has worked for organisations such as the BBC and continues to be a major fund-raiser for charitable organisations.
Source: Philip Solomon (medium), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Solomon
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