Researching Richard Horton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11115 people with the Horton surname? In that year Horton was ranked number 369 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Horton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Horton and the Horton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Horton 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Horton family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 13452 people with the Horton surname in the UK? Horton is now ranked number 425 for popularity in the UK. |
Horton Family History Databases
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Horton Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Horton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Horton
Richard Horton (editor)
Richard Charles Horton (born 29 December 1961) is editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a United Kingdom–based medical journal. He is an honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the University of Oslo.
After studying medicine at the University of Birmingham, he joined the liver unit at London's Royal Free Hospital. In 1990, he became assistant editor of The Lancet and five years later become its editor-in-chief in the UK.
He has been a medical writer for The Observer, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Review of Books. In 2003, he published Second Opinion: Doctors, Diseases and Decisions in Modern Medicine, a book about controversies in modern medicine. In 2005 he wrote "Doctors in society: medical professionalism in a changing world", an inquiry into the future of medical professionalism, for the Royal College of Physicians. He has served in various roles with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Source: Richard Horton (editor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Horton
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