Grierson (name)
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Grierson is a surname
of Scottish
origin. The name is possibly a patronymic
form of the personal name
Greer, which may have reflected the Scots pronunciation of Gregor. The earliest known spellings are Grersoun and Greresoun.
It was common practice in SW Scotland, particularly in the 16th and 17th Centuries, for the name to be abbreviated to Grier, and there are many instances of the two forms being used in reference to the same man in the same document. This usage was further modified to Greer by a cadet branch of the Lag family who migrated to Ireland.
Surname
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of Scottish
Scotland
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origin. The name is possibly a patronymic
Patronymic
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form of the personal name
Personal name
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Greer, which may have reflected the Scots pronunciation of Gregor. The earliest known spellings are Grersoun and Greresoun.
It was common practice in SW Scotland, particularly in the 16th and 17th Centuries, for the name to be abbreviated to Grier, and there are many instances of the two forms being used in reference to the same man in the same document. This usage was further modified to Greer by a cadet branch of the Lag family who migrated to Ireland.
People surnamed Grierson
- Alister GriersonAlister GriersonAlister Grierson is an Australian film director and scriptwriter. Born in Canberra in 1969, he completed his secondary schooling at Canberra Grammar, graduated in Economics and Arts from the Australian National University and studied Japanese in Tokyo...
(b. 1969), Australian, film director. - Benjamin GriersonBenjamin GriersonBenjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher and then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the American Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West...
(1826 - 1911), American, U.S. Army General. - Cecilia GriersonCecilia GriersonCecilia Grierson was an Argentine physician, reformist, and prominent Freethinker. She had the added distinction of being the first woman to receive a Medical Degree in Argentina.-Early life:...
(1859 - 1934), Argentine, physician and activist. - Colin McKay GriersonColin McKay GriersonAir Commodore Colin McKay Grierson CBE RAF, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during and after World War II....
(b. 1906 ), British, R.A.F. Air Commodore. - Constantia GriersonConstantia GriersonConstantia Grierson [née Crawley] , was an editor, poet, and classical scholar from County Kilkenny, Ireland.- Life :...
(1705 - 1732), Irish, author. - David GriersonDavid GriersonDavid Grierson was a Vancouver Island radio host for CBC Radio.He was born in Toronto in 1955 and graduated from the broadcasting program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology....
(1955 - 2004), Canadian, CBC radio host. - Derek GriersonDerek GriersonDerek Dunlop Grierson was a former Scottish football player best known for his time with Rangers and Falkirk.-Club:...
, Scottish, football player - Don Grierson (geneticist), British, geneticist.
- Don Grierson (ice hockey) (b. 1947), Canadian, professional hockey player.
- Edmund GriersonEdmund GriersonEdmund Edward DeLesert Grierson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
(1860 - 1922), Canadian, municipal politician. - Edward GriersonEdward GriersonEdward Grierson was a Northumberland barrister and a writer of crime novels. His debut crime novel is the outstanding Reputation for a Song, a classic Inverted detective story. Grierson also wrote five novels, six works of non-fiction and two plays...
(1914 - 1975), British, barrister and writer. - Francis Grierson (1848 - 1927), English born American, author.
- George GriersonGeorge GriersonGeorge Allison Grierson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1922, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Tobias C. Norris. Grierson was a member of the Liberal Party.Grierson was moved in Brantford, Canada West , and was...
(1867 - 1931), Canadian, politician. - George Abraham GriersonGeorge Abraham GriersonSir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE was born to a prominent Dublin family in 1851. His father and grandfather, both also named George, were well-known printers and publishers.-Biography:Educated at St...
(1851- 1941), Irish orientalist, linguist and civil servant. - Herbert John Clifford GriersonHerbert John Clifford GriersonSir Herbert John Clifford Grierson was a Scottish literary scholar editor and literary critic.-Life and work:...
(1866 - 1960), Scottish, literary critic. - James GriersonJames GriersonLieutenant General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson KCB, CMG, CVO, ADC was a British soldier.- Military career :Grierson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1877....
(1859 - 1914), British, British Army Lieutenant General. - John GriersonJohn GriersonJohn Grierson was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. According to popular myth, in 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" to describe a non-fiction film.-Early life:Grierson was born in Deanston, near Doune, Scotland...
(1898 - 1972), Scottish born Canadian, film-maker. - John Grierson (pilot)John Grierson (pilot)John Grierson was an English long-distance flier, test pilot, author, and aviation administrator.Grierson started his flying lessons at Brooklands while still a schoolboy, graduated from RAF Cranwell in 1929, and flew out to India in 1930 in his own Gypsy Moth, named Rouge et Noir, to join his RAF...
, (1909 - 1977), British, pilot and author. - Philip GriersonPhilip GriersonPhilip Grierson, FBA was a British historian and numismatist, emeritus professor of numismatics at Cambridge University and a fellow of Gonville and Caius College for over seventy years...
(1910 - 2006), British, historian and numismatist. - Robert GriersonRobert Grierson-Life:Sir Robert Grierson, known as "Auld Lagg", was born at the farm of Barquhar, the son of the 1st Tutor of Lag, William Grierson , the Laird of Barquhar, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and his wife, Margaret Douglas , the daughter of Sir James Douglas, of Mouswald, Dumfries-shire...
(1657 - 1733), Scottish, 1st Baronet of Lag, Nova Scotia Baronet. - Roger GriersonRoger GriersonRoger Grierson is a New Zealand musician and music industry executive.-Career:In 1975 Grierson headed to London and Egypt to live but found himself lured back to Sydney in 1976 to work at White Light Records...
(b. 1957), New Zealand, musician and executive. - Sharon GriersonSharon GriersonSharon Joy Grierson , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Newcastle. She was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and was educated at Newcastle Teachers College...
(b. 1951), Australian, politician. - William GriersonWilliam GriersonWilliam Wylie Grierson was a British civil engineer.William was born to James Grierson and Margaret Emily Grierson and was educated at Rugby School. William married Aleen Isabel Bell on 14 September 1927 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge...
(1863 - 1935), British civil engineer on Great Western Railway, son of James Grierson, chief engineer with GWR.
People named Grierson
- Robert Grierson CombeRobert Grierson CombeRobert Grierson Combe VC , was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, (1880 - 1917), Scottish born Canadian, Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant awarded the Victoria Cross.