Dadd

Dadd
Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. In origin it is pre 7th century, and derives from the Anglo-Saxon personal byname "Dudda", meaning rounded. As such it was probably used as an endearment baptismal name for a plump, rounded, baby. The name is ancient with examples such Aelfweard Dudd appearing in the Old English Byname Register for Hampshire, in the year 1030, and Aluric Dod in the famous Domesday Book of 1086 for Dorset. Further early patronymic forms include Aeluric Doddes, in the feudal documents of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1147, whilst Magota Dodson is recorded in the Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire in 1379. In the modern idiom the name spellings include Dodd, Dods, Dodds, Dadd, Dadds, Dodson, Dudson, Dodding and Dotson, the last mentioned being particularly well recorded in Cornwall. An early settler in the New World Colonies was Edward Dodson, aged 21 years, who sailed from London on the ship "John", bound for St. Christophers, Barbados, in October 1635. A coat of arms granted to a family of the name is on a black shield a gold chevron between three gold catharine wheels, the crest being the head of Janus couped at the neck proper. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes 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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  • Dadd —   [dæd], Richard, englischer Maler, * Chatham 1. 8. 1817, ✝ Broadmoor (bei Reading) 8. 1. 1886; studierte an der Royal Academy in London. Dadd erstach 1843 im Zustand geistiger Verwirrung seinen Vater; in einer Anstalt in Broadmoor untergebracht …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Dadd — Der Meisterstreich des hexenden Holzfällers Richard Dadd (* 1. August 1817 in Chatham, Kent; † 7. Januar 1886 in London) war ein Maler des Viktorianisches Zeitalters. Er konzentrierte sich auf Feen und anderen übernatürliche Themen, die er mit… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Richard Dadd — (August 1 1817 – January 7 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of …   Wikipedia

  • Richard Dadd — um 1856 Der Meisterstreich des Feenburschen Richar …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Richard Dadd — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Richard Dadd. La pintura en la que trabaja es Contradicción: Oberón y Titania (1854/1858). Richard Dadd (Chatham, Medway, Kent, 1 de agosto de 1817 – 7 de enero de 1886) famoso pintor y asesino …   Wikipedia Español

  • Richard Dadd — est un peintre anglais préraphaélite né en 1817 et mort en 1886. Sommaire 1 Biographie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • daddy-long-legs — daddˈy longˈ legs noun 1. The cranefly 2. A harvestman (N American) • • • Main Entry: ↑dad …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke — is a Richard Dadd painting. It was commissioned by George Henry Hayden, who was head steward at Bethlem Royal Hospital at the time. He was impressed by Dadd s artistic efforts and asked for a fairy painting of his own. Dadd worked on the painting …   Wikipedia

  • The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke — The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke Richard Dadd, 1855 1864 Öl auf Leinwand, 54 cm × 39,5 cm Tate Gallery The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke (Der meisterhafte Schlag des elfischen Holzfällers oder Der Meisterstreich des hexenden Holzfällers) ist ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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