James Sutherland

Maleabout 1777–

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James Sutherland was born about 1777, in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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    World Events (3)

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

    Age 25

    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

    Age 38

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

    1823

    Age 46

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

    History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.

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