When John Furzer was born about 1790, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Furzer, was 38 and his mother, Ann Pitman, was 41. He married Grace Lowman on 9 January 1810, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
English: occupational name from Middle English furs, firs ‘furze’ (Old English fyrs) + heuere ‘hewer, cutter’ ( compare Hewer ).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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