Archibald McCollum

Brief Life History of Archibald

When Archibald McCollum was born about 1761, in Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald McCollum, was 21 and his mother, Mrs Nancy McCallum, was 33.

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Archibald McCollum
1741–
Mrs Nancy McCallum
1730–
George McCollum
1755–
George McCollum
1755–
John McCollum
1758–1822
Archibald McCollum
1761–

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    World Events (3)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

    In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

    1815

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coluim ‘son of Colum’. See McCallum , which is the usual spelling of this name in Scotland.

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