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Head (surname)
Head is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alicia Esteve Head (born 1973), Spanish impostor * Anthony Head (born 1954), English actor and musician * Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906–1983), British politician and diplomat * Barclay V. Head (1844–1914), British numismatist * Bessie Head (1937–1986), South African novelist * Daisy Head (born 1991), English actress * David Head (born 1984), American author and winner of the George Washington Book Prize * Don Head (ice hockey) (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player * Don Head (public servant), Canadian public servant * Edith Head (1897–1981), American costume designer * Emily Head (born 1988), English actress * Francis Bond Head (1793–1875), British army officer * Frederick Head (1874–1941), British-Australian Anglican archbishop * George Head (1782–1855), British army officer * George Head Head (c.1795–1876), British lawyer and banker * Hannah Head (1941–2011), Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
