Brief Life History of Richard
Richard Camp was born in 1564, in Nazeing, Essex, England. He died in 1584, at the age of 20.
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World Events (2)
1569 · State Lottery
Age 5
1571 · The Royal Exchange is Organized
Age 7
Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van de Camp) and North German: from camp ‘enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land, field’, from Latin campus ‘plain’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a field. Compare Kamp .
English: from Middle English kempe ‘warrior’; see Kemp . The spelling Camp may be due to the influence of Old English camp ‘battle’ and campian ‘to fight’, or of Old French campion ‘warrior, champion’.
French: mainly southern form of Champ .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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