Researching Robert Hicks
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12535 people with the Hicks surname? In that year Hicks was ranked number 324 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Hicks on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Hicks and the Hicks Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hicks 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 Hicks family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 15352 people with the Hicks surname in the UK? Hicks is now ranked number 369 for popularity in the UK. |
Hicks Genealogy Databases
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Hicks Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 209639 people with the Hicks surname in the USA? Hicks is ranked number 88 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hicks Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Hicks. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Hicks
Robert Hicks (Canadian politician)
Robert Nelson David Hicks (4 June 1933 – 25 November 2014) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He became a teacher and school principal by career.
Hicks studied at McMaster University and the University of Ottawa. He was an educator and served as principal of Joseph Howe Senior Public School in Toronto.
He represented the Ontario riding of Scarborough East which he won in the 1984 federal election and was re-elected in 1988.
He served in the 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments, then left national politics in 1993 and did not campaign in that year's federal election.
He died at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge, Ontario on 25 November 2014.
Source: Robert Hicks (Canadian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRobert Drew Hicks
Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol, Hicks was born in 1850, was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1868. Graduating BA in 1874, he became a fellow of Trinity in 1876. He was college lecturer in Classics from 1884 to 1900. He married Bertha Mary Heath in 1896, who herself held an MA in Classics from the University of London. His brother-in-law was Sir Thomas Heath. Between 1898 and 1900 Robert Hicks became blind, but he nevertheless produced most of his major works after this time, aided by his wife. He died at his home, Fossedene, at Mount Pleasant, Cambridge.
His writings include:*a monumental edition of Aristotle's "De Anima" (1907).*a small volume on the Stoics and Epicureans (1910).*a summary of Greek philosophy for the Cambridge Companion to Greek Studies.*a concise Latin dictionary in Braille (1921).*his text and translation of Diogenes Laërtius for the Loeb Classical Library (1925).
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
Source: Robert Drew Hicks, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hicks
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