Researching William Schofield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16235 people with the Schofield surname? In that year Schofield was ranked number 234 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Schofield on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Schofield and the Schofield Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 14971 people with the Schofield surname in the UK? Schofield is now ranked number 384 for popularity in the UK. |
Schofield Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Schofield surname in the USA? Schofield is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Schofield Databases
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Some Famous People called William Schofield
William Henry Schofield
William Henry Schofield (1870–1920) was an American academic, founder of the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. He was professor of comparative literature at Harvard University, and president of the American-Scandinavian Foundation (1916–1919).
He taught Old Norse at Harvard from 1900 and from 1906 was director of the new Comparative Literature department.
Victoria College, B.A. 1889; Harvard University PhD 1895; Professor of Comparative Literature Harvard University, 1906–20; Harvard Exchange Professor at University of Berlin, 1907; Lecturer at the Sorbonne and University of Copenhagen, 1910. Harvard Exchange Professor at Western Colleges, 1918. Information taken from a bookplate from Victoria University Library (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); book purchased from The Schofield Fund in memory of William Henry Schofield. Accession date: Jan. 27, 1937. [Title : The Blickling homilies]
Source: William Henry Schofield, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Schofield
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