Harry Parkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5904357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry Parkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry |
| FAMILY NAME | Parkin |
| SIGNATURE | PARKIN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction to the Special Issue of Genealogy on Surnames
Giving personal names to individual children is a cultural universal [...]
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain
Harry Parkin Over 43,000 entries ‘“What’s in a name?” Juliet asked as she and Romeo tried to puzzle their way around the troubling problem of their warring families. Well, plenty, the most detailed investigation into surnames in the UK and Ireland has found.’ Steven Morris, The Guardian (of The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ) This new dictionary provides up-to date and authoritative explanations of family names found in…
Software Tools for Big Data Resources in Family Names Dictionaries
This paper describes the design and development of specific software tools used during the creation of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (FaNBI) research project, started by the University of the West of England in 2010 and finished successfully in 2016. First, the overview of the project and methodology is provided. Next section contains the description of dictionary management tools and software tools to combine input data resources
Family Names
English regional dialect lexis in the names and occupations of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds: A reassessment of the relationship between names and dialects
A number of surname-based studies have presented a relationship between medieval regional dialect lexis and the distribution of associated modern-day surnames. However, by carrying out localised research, it appears that the two might not be so closely linked as previously thought, with discrepancies in the distribution of regionally specific names and equivalent occupational descriptions. As a result, there seems to be a need to reconsider the c…
The Fourteenth-Century Poll Tax Returns and the Study of English Surname Distribution
The modern-day distributions of English surnames have been considered in genealogical, historical, and philological research as possible indicators of their origins. However, many centuries have passed since hereditary surnames were first used, and so their distribution today does not necessarily reflect their original spread, misrepresenting their origins. Previously, medieval data with national coverage have not been available for a study of su…
The Fourteenth-Century Poll Tax Returns and the Study of English Surname Distribution
The modern-day distributions of English surnames have been considered in genealogical, historical, and philological research as possible indicators of their origins. However, many centuries have passed since hereditary surnames were first used, and so their distribution today does not necessarily reflect their original spread, misrepresenting their origins. Previously, medieval data with national coverage have not been available for a study of su…
English regional dialect lexis in the names and occupations of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds: A reassessment of the relationship between names and dialects
A number of surname-based studies have presented a relationship between medieval regional dialect lexis and the distribution of associated modern-day surnames. However, by carrying out localised research, it appears that the two might not be so closely linked as previously thought, with discrepancies in the distribution of regionally specific names and equivalent occupational descriptions. As a result, there seems to be a need to reconsider the c…
The Fourteenth-Century Poll Tax Returns and the Study of English Surname Distribution
The modern-day distributions of English surnames have been considered in genealogical, historical, and philological research as possible indicators of their origins. However, many centuries have passed since hereditary surnames were first used, and so their distribution today does not necessarily reflect their original spread, misrepresenting their origins. Previously, medieval data with national coverage have not been available for a study of su…
Family Names
Software Tools for Big Data Resources in Family Names Dictionaries
This paper describes the design and development of specific software tools used during the creation of Family Names in Britain and Ireland (FaNBI) research project, started by the University of the West of England in 2010 and finished successfully in 2016. First, the overview of the project and methodology is provided. Next section contains the description of dictionary management tools and software tools to combine input data resources
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain
Harry Parkin Over 43,000 entries ‘“What’s in a name?” Juliet asked as she and Romeo tried to puzzle their way around the troubling problem of their warring families. Well, plenty, the most detailed investigation into surnames in the UK and Ireland has found.’ Steven Morris, The Guardian (of The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland ) This new dictionary provides up-to date and authoritative explanations of family names found in…
Introduction to the Special Issue of Genealogy on Surnames
Giving personal names to individual children is a cultural universal [...]
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (5 works) · Genealogy (4 works) · History (4 works) · Classics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Big data (1 works) · Census (1 works)