Auden

Auden
Recorded as Alden, Aldine, Auden, Adin, and others, this is a medieval English surname. It derives from the personal name of the pre 7th Century Ealdwine, meaning Old friend and the Latinized versions as Aldanus aand Alden are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Another early recording although not as a surname is that of Gamel filius Alden in the Pipe Rolls of Westmorland in 1196. Early examples of the surname recodings include Osgotus Aldwinus of Berkshire in 1196; Alexander Aldeyn of Oxfordshire in 1279, and William Audyn of Somerset, in 1327. John Alden was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the ship "Mayflower" in 1620. Many of his descendants were merchant seamen, among them James Alden (1810 - 1877), who completed two circumnavigations of the globe. A coat of arms associated with the surname has the blazon of ared shield charged with three crescents within a bordure engrailed ermine. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelfwine Aldine.This was dated 1095, in the Feudal Documents from the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, during the reign of King William 11nd, known as "Rufus", 1087 - 1100. 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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  • AUDEN (W. H.) — Né en 1907, à York (Angleterre), Wystan Hugh Auden joua un rôle de premier plan dans la poésie des années trente, dominant de haut les disciples auxquels on a coutume de l’associer; Stephen Spender et Louis MacNeice. Très tôt, avant même qu’il… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Auden — is a surname, and may refer to:* George Augustus Auden (1872 1957), English physician * John Bicknell Auden (1903 1991), English geologist and explorer * W. H. Auden (1907 1973), Anglo American poet …   Wikipedia

  • Auden — n. An English poet in the U. S. Born 1907, died 1973. Syn: Wystan Hugh Auden [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Auden —   [ɔːdn], Wystan Hugh, englischer Dichter, * York 21. 2. 1907, ✝ Wien 28. 9. 1973; studierte in Oxford, war 1928 29 in Berlin, heiratete 1935 Erika Mann, lebte ab 1939 in den USA (1946 amerikanischer Staatsbürger), war 1956 61 Professor für… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Auden — (izg. ódn), Wystan Hugh (1907 1973) DEFINICIJA jedan od najutjecajnijih angloameričkih pjesnika svoga vremena; društveno angažirana poezija snažnog modernog izraza …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Auden — [ôd′ n] W(ystan) H(ugh) 1907 73; U.S. poet, born in England …   English World dictionary

  • Auden, W H — ▪ British poet Introduction born Feb. 21, 1907, York, Yorkshire, Eng. died Sept. 29, 1973, Vienna, Austria  English born poet and man of letters who achieved early fame in the 1930s as a hero of the left during the Great Depression. Most of his… …   Universalium

  • Auden — Wystan Hugh Auden (* 21. Februar 1907 in York; † 29. September 1973 in Wien) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Christopher Isherwood und W. H. Auden 1939 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Auden — noun United States poet (born in England) (1907 1973) • Syn: ↑W. H. Auden, ↑Wystan Hugh Auden • Instance Hypernyms: ↑poet …   Useful english dictionary

  • Auden Group — The Auden Group is the name given to a group of writers active in the 1930s that included W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Cecil Day Lewis, Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, and sometimes Edward Upward and Rex Warner. They were sometimes called …   Wikipedia

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