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Wren (name)
Wren is both an English surname and a gender neutral given name, both derived from the English name of the songbird. It has recently increased in popularity as a name for girls and boys in the Anglosphere along with other names derived from the natural world. It has been ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborns in the United States since 2013 and among the top 500 names for girls in England and Wales since 2014. Wrenlee and Wrenley, which are elaborations of the name, have both increased in usage for girls in the United States as well. People Surname * Alan Wren (born 1964), English rock drummer * Bob Wren (born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player * Caroline Wren, political campaign worker * Christopher Wren (1632–1723), English architect and scientist * Christopher Wren (priest) (1589–1658), Anglican cleric, Dean of Windsor and father of the architect * Christopher Wren the Younger (1675–1747), English Member of Parliament, son of the architect * Daniel A. Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Blackburne
Anna Blackburne (1726 – 30 December 1793) was an English people, English naturalist. Life Anna Blackburne was born at Orford Hall, Orford, Warrington, Lancashire, the daughter of John Blackburne (botanist), John Blackburne and Jane (born Ashton). Her father was a wealthy Salt in Cheshire, Cheshire salt dealer, who studied natural history and had famous greenhouses admired by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798). Inspired by her father, she devoted herself to study natural history in a more systematic way. To improve her understanding of the system developed by Carl von Linné (1707–1778), she learned Latin language, Latin. She corresponded with Carl Linnaeus and Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), who encouraged her to publish her Entomology, entomological observations and devote herself to the museum of Oxford Hall. . Her additions to the insect collections were especially notable, thanks to specimens sent to her by Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811). Her brother Ashton Blackbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |