Reid

Reid
This is a surname of some controversy. Recorded in several spellings including Reid, generally held to be Scottish, Read, Reade, Reed, Red and Redd, it has at least three possible origins. Firstly, the surname may derive from the Olde English pre 7th century word "read" meaning red, and as such was probably nationalistic for an Anglo-Saxon, as these people were often red haired or had a ruddy complexion. Early examples from this source may include William Red in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Gloucestershire in 1176, and Gilbert le Rede of Coul, Scotland in 1296. The second possibility is that the name is locational from various places such as Read in the county of Lancashire, from the Olde English word "roegheafod", meaning the land occupied by deer, or Rede in Suffolk, deriving from the word "hreod", meaning reeds as grown in a river; or the village of Reed in Hertfordshire, from the word "ryht", meaning brushwood. Ralph de Rede is recorded in the Curia Regis rolls of Hertfordshire in the year 1203. The final suggestion is that the name is topographical from the Olde English "ried" and describes somebody who lived in a clearing. Roger de la Rede is noted in the Pipe Rolls of Devonshire in the year 1208. Joseph Reid (1843 - 1917), born in Ayrshire, was the inventor of the Reid oil burner, which did so much to advance the oil industry in the United States. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Leofwine se Reade. This was dated 1016 in the records known as the "Olde English Bynames for the county of Kent", during the reign of King Canute, 1016 - 1035. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Reid — Family name Region of origin England, Scotland, and Ireland Footnotes: [1] Reid is a surname of northern English, Scottish and Irish …   Wikipedia

  • Reid — ist ein englischer Familienname, der auch als Vorname verwendet werden kann. Herkunft und Bedeutung Es ist eine in Schottland verbreitete[1] Variante des Namens Read, von altenglisch rēad „rot“, eines Übernamens für einen rothaarigen oder auch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • REID (T.) — REID THOMAS (1710 1796) Né à Stracham et mort à Glasgow, le «philosophe écossais» Thomas Reid reçut son éducation au collège Marishal d’Aberdeen, où il étudia la philosophie et la théologie. Il y fut ensuite bibliothécaire jusqu’en 1736. Il… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Reid —   [riːd],    1) Thomas, schottischer Philosoph, * Strachan (Grampian Region) 26. 4. 1710, ✝ Glasgow 7. 10. 1796; 1751 Professor in Aberdeen, ab 1764 in Glasgow. Begründer der Schottischen Schule und der Philosophie des Commonsense. Seine… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Reid — (spr. rīd), 1) Thomas, schott. Philosoph, geb. 26. April 1710 zu Strachan in der schottischen Grafschaft Kincardine, gest. 7. Okt. 1796, studierte Theologie, wurde 1737 Pfarrer zu New Machar in Aberdeenshire, 1752 Professor der Moralphilosophie… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Reid — Reid, 1) (Redäus), William, englischer Astronom u. Bischof zu Chichester in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrh.; er schr.: Tabulae astronomicae u. setzte das Chronicon Richardi Pictaviensis von 1190–1367 fort. 2) Thomas, geb. 1704; st. als… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Reid — (spr. rihd), Thomas, schott. Philosoph, geb. 26. April 1710 zu Strachan, Prof. zu Glasgow, gest. 7. Okt. 1796, Hauptgegner von Humes Skeptizismus, Urheber der sog. Schottischen Schule (Common sense Lehre). Werke mit Biogr. hg. von Hamilton (4 Bde …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Reid [2] — Reid (spr. rihd), Sir Thomas Wemyß, engl. Schriftsteller, geb. 1842 in Newcastle on Tyne, seit 1861 Journalist, gest. 26. Febr. 1905; schrieb: »Charlotte Brontë« (1877 u.ö.), die Erzählungen »Gladys fane« (1883 u.ö.), »Mauleverer s millions«… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Reid — (Rihd), Thomas, schott. Philosoph, geb. 1710 zu Strachan in der Grafschaft Kincardine, gest. 1796 als Professor der Moral zu Glasgow, war der gewandteste u. witzigste Gegner des Hume, gegen dessen Skepticismus er den gefunden Menschenverstand… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Reid — m Scottish and N. English: transferred use of the surname, which originated as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion (from Old English rēad red; cf. READ (SEE Read)) …   First names dictionary

  • Reid — Reid, Thomas …   Enciclopedia Universal

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