Fellows

Fellows
This name derives from the Medieval English "felagh" or "felaw" itself coming from the late Olde English "feolaga" meaning a partner or shareholder. The ultimate origin of the name is the Olde Norse "felagi", a partner or companion. The surname is first recorded in the 12th Century, (see below). One, Walter Felagh appears in the 1256 "Assize Court Rolls of Northumberland" and a Robert le Felagh in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. The patronymic forms of the name are Fellows and Fellowes. The final "s" added to the name is a reduced form of "son of (Fellow)". An interesting namebearer was Sir Charles Fellows (1799 - 1860), a traveller and archaeologist who discovered no less than thirteen ancient cities in Lycia after 1839. In 1841, he published "An Account of Discoveries in Lycia" and was also known as a Lycian numismatologist. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Felawe. which was dated circa 1150 in the "Catalogue of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield", Staffordshire. during the reign of King Stephen, known as the Count of Blois, 1135 - 1154. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Fellows — or Fellowes is a surname and may refer to:;People * Thomas Hounsom Butler Fellowes (1827 1923), an officer in the Royal Navy during the Victorian era. * E. H. Fellowes, English musicologist and authority on Tudor church music * Edwin R. Fellows,… …   Wikipedia

  • Fellows — Fellows, CA U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 153 Housing Units (2000): 58 Land area (2000): 0.658469 sq. miles (1.705428 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.658469 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fellows, CA — U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 153 Housing Units (2000): 58 Land area (2000): 0.658469 sq. miles (1.705428 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.658469 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fellows [1] — Fellows (engl., spr. Fellohs), 1) Genossen, vorzugsweise Mitglieder gelehrter Gesellschaften u. wissenschaftlicher Vereine; 2) diejenigen Mitglieder der Colleges auf englischen Universitäten, welche zusammen die Verwaltung des College führen u.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fellows [2] — Fellows (spr. Fellohs), Charles, Engländer, machte 1838 u. 1839 eine antiquarische Reise nach Kleinasien, ging 1841 u. 1843 abermals für das Britische Museum dahin u. untersuchte bes. Lykien; von letzter Reise 1844 zurückkehrend, brachte er… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fellows — (spr. féllōs), Sir Charles, engl. Archäolog, geb. 1799 in Nottingham, gest. daselbst 8. Nov. 1860, ließ sich 1820 in London nieder, bereiste seit 1832 Italien, Griechenland und die Levante und erwarb sich einen Weltruf durch seine Entdeckungen in …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fellows — (–ohs), Genossen, auf den engl. Universitäten diejenigen dort gebildeten u. graduirten Mitglieder, welche nachher dort noch verbleiben, in den Collegien gewöhnlich das Privatstudium der Studenten leiten, dieselben beaufsichtigen etc., u. dafür… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Fellows — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Fellows – Auf Leben und Tod Originaltitel Charades Felons First Degree …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fellows Park — was a former football stadium in Walsall, England. It was the home ground of Walsall F.C. from 1896 till 1990, when the team moved to the Bescot Stadium.Fellows Park was situated about a quarter of a mile away from the club s present ground. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society — of Great Britain and Ireland are the great and good people elected by the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to further the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science literature and the arts in relation to… …   Wikipedia

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