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Historic debating society in London
The Askesian Society — was a debating club for scientific thinkers in London (1796–1807). The name was taken from the Greek term Askesis, meaning 'training'
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British manufacturing chemist (1772–1864)
system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Because of this, Howard is referred to as "The Godfather of Clouds"
Luke_Howard_(meteorologist)
Learned society
London. It was partly the outcome of a previous club known as the Askesian Society. There were 13 founder members: William Babington, James Parkinson
Geological_Society_of_London
meteorologist with broad interests in science, in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Very low stratiform clouds that touch the Earth's surface are given
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Cloud induced or caused by human activity
suspension and destruction: being the substance of an essay read before the Askesian Society in session 1802–03. J. Taylor. London. IPCC 2007 AR4 WGI WGIII. Marquart
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English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer
of the British Mineralogical Society in 1801 for five years up until 1806 when the Society merged with the Askesian Society. From 1803 to 1808 he was editor
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English scientist, philanthropist, and abolitionist
where he was elected to its Physical Society. Using Plough Court for meetings, he also co-founded the Askesian Society. There new ideas for research and
William Allen (English Quaker)
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British chemist (1778 – 1851)
part in forming the Askesian Society. He then went on to be founder member of the Geological Society after the Askesian Society disbanded in 1807. A
Richard_Phillips_(chemist)
English mineralogist and geologist (1775–1828)
forming the Askesian Society. The zeolite mineral phillipsite is named for him. Rudwick, M.J.S. (1963). "The Foundation of the Geological Society of London:
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English dental surgeon, philanthropist, writer and lecturer
1816, at his house in Argyle Street, London. Fox was a member of the Askesian Society, and from 1798 was a supporter of Edward Jenner, making his house available
Joseph_Fox_(dental_surgeon)
knowledge and talent". In 1796 he was one of the founders of the Askesian Society, and on 2 April 1799 at a meeting held at his laboratory at 2 Plough
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English
English : from the personal name Asti, a pet form of the Norman personal name Asketin, derived from Old Norse Ãsketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’. Compare Haskell.English : from Middle English, Old French hasti ‘quick’, ‘speedy’, a nickname for a brisk or impetuous person, or possibly for a messenger.
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English : patronymic from the personal name Richard. This has undoubtedly also assimilated like-sounding cognates from other languages, such as Swedish Richardsson.An early English bearer of the common name Richardson, Francis Richardson emigrated to America in 1681 as a member of the Society of Friends. His grandson was a respected silversmith from Philadelphia, PA.
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Patrician, noble. Romans society was divided into plebeians: (commoners) and patricians:...
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Companionship; Society
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English
English : most probably the Middle English surname Ackeson, a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Acke (Old English Acca). It may also be from Anketin or Asketin, Norman forms of the Old Norse personal name Asketill (see Haskell), or even a variant of Ashton.
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Sai in Orne or Say in Indre, perhaps so called from a Gaulish personal name Saius + the Latin locative suffix -acum.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of say, a kind of finely textured cloth, Middle English say (from Old French saie, Latin saga, plural of sagum ‘military cloak’). In some instances the surname may have arisen from a nickname for an habitual wearer of clothes made of this material.Southern French : topographic name from saix ‘rock’ (Latin saxum), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example, Say in Loire, Saix in Tarn and Vienne, Le Saix in Hautes-Alpes, or Les Saix in Isère.William Say of Bristol, England, was a member of the Society of Friends who settled in America toward the close of the 17th century. His descendant Thomas Say (1787–1834) of Philadelphia is known as the father of descriptive entomology in America.
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Hindu
Gathering, Society, Meeting
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Gathering, Society, Meeting
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English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Channon.The earliest American Channing was John, who came from Dorset, England, in 1711 with his wife. Their son John became a prosperous merchant of Newport, RI, and their grandson William Ellery was born there in 1780. William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) was a Unitarian clergyman who founded the Massachusetts Peace Society, a precursor of the modern anti-war movement.
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English : occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.English : in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).English : The prominent Mather family of New England were established in America by Richard Mather (1596–1669) in 1635. He was a Puritan clergyman from a well-established family of Lowton, Lancashire, England. After he emigrated, he was in great demand as a preacher, finally settling in Dorchester, MA. His son Increase Mather (1639–1723) was a diplomat and president of Harvard. He married his step-sister Maria Cotton, herself the daughter of an eminent Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their son Cotton Mather (1663–1728) bore both family names. The latter was a minister who is remembered for his part in witchcraft trials, but he was also a man of science and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
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English : habitational name from any of various places named from Old English scypen, scipen ‘cattleshed’, such as Shippen in West Yorkshire and Shippon in Berkshire, or a topographic name derived directly from the vocabulary word. In some cases it may originally have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name for a cowman, who in medieval times would often have lived in the same building as his animals.Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England, in 1639, Edward Shippen emigrated to Boston, MA, in 1668. He joined the Society of Friends and moved his family and business to Philadelphia in about 1694 to avoid religious persecution, eventually becoming mayor of Philadelphia, where his sons and grandsons continued to be prominent.
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
The King; King of Society; King of Men
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Indian, Telugu
Enlightening the Society; Giving Knowledge to Society
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Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi
Affection; Society; Familiar and Pleasant Talk; Happiness
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English
English : from the Norman personal name Asketin, a pet form of the Old Norse name Ãsketil (see Haskell).Irish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiscÃn ‘descendant of UiscÃn’, apparently a diminutive of uisce ‘water’ (and thus the surname may be ‘translated’ Waters), but possibly a corruption of a diminutive of Fuarghus meaning ‘cold choice’.Jewish (from Ukraine) : metronymic from Yiddish name Khaske, a pet form of Khane (see Hanna 1) + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
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English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrÅd
‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally
in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into
England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of
society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.A Robert from La Rochelle, France is documented in Trois-Rivières,
Quebec, in 1666, with the secondary surname
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ãsketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’ (see Haskell, Askin).
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Companionship; Society
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a Middle English and Anglo-Norman French personal name, Askin or Asketin, a pet form of Asketill, Askell, which is of Old Norse origin and related to Haskin and Haskell.
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Biblical
Society, friendship.
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King.
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Welsh myth name of the father of Eleri, derived from the word brych, BRYCHAN means "pied, spotted, speckled."Â
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Arabic, Hindu, Indian
Of Silk; Soothing
Biblical
my height; throwing forth waters
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Traditional
Goddess of Creativity
Female
French
Pet form of French Pascale, PASCALINE means "Passover; Easter."
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Manikantan | மாஂநீகாஂதந
One with a bell around his neck, Another name of Lord Ayyappa
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Arabic, Muslim
Excellent; Precious; Daughter of Abu Bakr
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Sweet Water
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Danavendra Vinashaka | தாநவேநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®µà®¿à®¨à®¾à®·à®•ா
Destroyer of king of demons
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The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
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A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.
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Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
v. t.
To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
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The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
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An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
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Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.
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A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
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Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France.
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Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society.
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Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
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Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.
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A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society.
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An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
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An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
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One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
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One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
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Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.
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An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.