Brouncker

Brouncker
This interesting and unusual medieval English name is of German origin and is from a personal compound name of pre 7th Century origins, "Brungar". The derivation is from the Old English or Old German "brun-gar", translated as "Brown-Spear", and a popular name prior to the Norman Invasion of 1066. The personal name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 at "Brungarus", and the surname development includes Robert Brungor (1311, Suffolk), and William Brunker (1311, Suffolk), and William Brunker (1572, Wiltshire). In the modern idiom the variants include Brungar, Brunker and Brouncker. Among the sample recordings in London are the marriage between Francis Brunger and Mary Heath on February 26th 1627 at St. Dunstan, Stepney, and the christening of Marie, the infant daughter of John and Mary Brunger on May 29th 1636 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Thomas Brunger, which was dated 1275, in the Hundred Rolls of Norfolk, during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Brouncker — (spr. Brunker), William, Viscount B., geb. 1620 zu Castle Lyons in Irland, war Kanzler u. Großsiegelbewahrer u. starb 1684. Er war Mitstifter der Königlichen Gesellschaft zu Oxford u. schr. mehrere mathematische Abhandlungen in den Philosophical… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Brouncker — (spr. braun ), William, Lord Viscount von Castle Lyons, Mathematiker, geb. um 1620 in Irland, gest. 5. April 1684 in London, war Kanzler und Großsiegelbewahrer der Königin und erster Präsident der englischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1662). Er …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Brouncker —   [ brʌȖkə], William, Viscount of Castle Lyons [ɔv kɑːsl laɪənz], * in Irland um 1620, ✝ London 5. 4. 1684; englischer Kanzler und Großsiegelbewahrer, einer der Gründer und erster Präsident der Royal Society; ein Amateurmathematiker von Rang;… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Brouncker — William Brouncker, 2. Viscount Brouncker William Brouncker, 2. Viscount Brouncker FRS (* 1620 in Castle Lyons, Irland; † 5. April 1684 in Westminster) war irischer Mathematiker und 1660 Gründungsmitglied der Royal Society in London …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Brouncker — William Brouncker William Brouncker William Brouncker, né à Castle Lyons (Irlande) en 1620 et décédé à Westminster en 1684, était un linguiste et mathématicien anglais. Le vicomte William Brouncker, plus connu de nos jours sous le nom de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Brouncker , William Viscount — (1620–1685) English mathematician and experimental scientist Brouncker graduated from Oxford University in 1647 with a degree in medicine. He held a variety of official posts, including serving as member of parliament and president of Gresham s… …   Scientists

  • William Brouncker — William Brouncker, 2. Viscount Brouncker William Brouncker, 2. Viscount Brouncker FRS (* 1620 in Castle Lyons, Irland; † 5. April 1684 in Westminster) war irischer Mathematiker und 1660 Gründungsmitglied der Royal Society in London …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Brouncker, 2. Viscount Brouncker — FRS (* 1620 in Castle Lyons, Irland; † 5. April 1684 in Westminster) war ein irischer Mathematiker und 1660 Gründungsmitglied der Royal Society in London …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Viscount Brouncker — The titles of Viscount Brouncker and Baron Brouncker were created once in the Peerage of Ireland on 12 September 1645 for Sir William Brouncker. On the death of the third viscount, his younger son Henry, in 1688, both titles became… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker — (1624 4 January 1687/88) was a Restoration era courtierHenry Brouncker, 3rd Viscount Brouncker was the second son of William Brouncker, 1st Viscount Brouncker and Winifred Leigh; and the brother of William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, who… …   Wikipedia

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