Reade
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Reade is a surname
of English origin, and may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English origin, and may refer to:
- Brian ReadeBrian ReadeBrian Reade is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sports, for the Daily Mirror. He was born in Wavertree and grew up in Huyton attending De La Salle School in Croxteth. He has interviewed many well-known people including Mohammed Ali and...
, a British journalist - Charles ReadeCharles ReadeCharles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.-Life:Charles Reade was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire to John Reade and Anne Marie Scott-Waring; William Winwood Reade the influential historian , was his nephew. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford,...
, an English novelist - Charles Reade (town planner)Charles Reade (town planner)Charles Compton Reade was a town planner who supported the garden city movement of the early twentieth century.Born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1880, Reade became the major figure in disseminating Garden City ideas in Australia...
- Duane ReadeDuane ReadeDuane Reade Inc., a subsidiary of the Walgreen Company, is a chain of pharmacy and convenience stores, primarily located in New York City, known for its high volume small store layouts in densely populated Manhattan locations...
, an American drugstore - Edwin Godwin ReadeEdwin Godwin ReadeEdwin Godwin Reade was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1855 and 1857. He later served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, an American politician - Herbert Taylor ReadeHerbert Taylor ReadeHerbert Taylor Reade VC CB , 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:He was 28 years old, and a Surgeon in the 61st Regiment , British Army...
, a Canadian military surgeon - Joseph Bancroft ReadeJoseph Bancroft ReadeRev. Joseph Bancroft Reade FRS was an English clergyman, amateur scientist and pioneer of photography.-Early life:...
, an English photographic pioneer - Shanaze ReadeShanaze ReadeShanaze Danielle Reade is a professional British Bicycle Motocross racer and track cyclist whose prime competitive years began in 2002. She has won the UCI BMX World Championships three times...
, a British professional BMX rider - Walter ReadeWalter ReadeWalter Reade Sr was the man behind a chain of theatres which grew from a single theatre in Asbury Park, New Jersey to a chain of forty theatres and drive-ins in New Jersey, New York and neighboring states that lasted into the mid seventies. Known as the “Showman of The Shore,” his name was...
, an American theater founder - William Winwood ReadeWilliam Winwood ReadeWilliam Winwood Reade was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher.- Biography :He was born in Perthshire, Scotland. Reade took to writing at an early age, composing two novels by the age of 25. At this age he also decided to depart for Africa, arriving in Capetown by paddle-boat in 1862...
, an English historian, explorer, and philosopher
Similar surnames
these are not necessarily related, but are similar in pronunciation or spelling- Read (surname)Read (surname)-Derivation:The name is most likely to derive from rēad, the Anglo-Saxon term for the colour red. As a name it is believed to have originally been descriptive of person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red. Old English had spelling variants depending on dialect, rēad was the form in West Saxon,...
, alternate spelling of the surname. - Reed (name)Reed (name)Reed may be either a surname or given name.-Reed as a surname:"Reed" is a variant of the surname "Read", which is commonly believed to be a nickname-derived surname referring to a person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red....
- ReidReidReid is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, and is the 90th most common surname in the UK.It may refer to:* Reid Caldwell, Species undefined.* Reid, Australian Capital Territory, inner suburb of Canberra, Australia...