Brief Life History of Janet
Janet Pride was christened on 15 September 1745, in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom as the daughter of Robert Pryde.
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Robert Pryde
1710–1756
Janet Pride
1745–
David Pride
1749–
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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
Welsh and English: nickname from Welsh prid ‘precious’, ‘dear’ or Middle English pride ‘pride’; in the case of the latter, applied to a vain or haughty or possibly on occasion to someone who had played the part of Pride in a pageant of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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