- Source: Ravenshaw
Ravenshaw is an English surname from Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. There are various theories to the meaning, but the simplest is "raven" (either a bird or a personal name), and "wood". The oldest historical record of a surname variant was that of "Stephen de Ravenshagh", 1332, Lancashire. There are other variants. Ravenshaw is uncommon as a given name.
People with the surname include:
Edward Vincent Ravenshaw (1854–1880), Scottish footballer
Hurdis Ravenshaw (1869 – c. 1920), British Army officer
John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II, (1777–1840), chairman of the British East India Company
Thomas Edward Ravenshaw (1827–1914), educator, founder of Ravenshaw College, and a member of the British East India Company
References
See also
Renshaw (disambiguation)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Harekrushna Mahatab
- Gopinath Mohanty
- Biju Patnaik
- Pratibha Ray
- Amitav Acharya
- Umat Katolik Mangalore
- Ravenshaw University
- Ravenshaw
- Ravenshaw Collegiate School
- Edward Ravenshaw
- Hurdis Ravenshaw
- Ravenshaw Radio
- Cuttack
- John Goldsborough Ravenshaw II
- Ishan Kumar Patro
- Gopabandhu Das
