Yeomans is an English surname meaning son of
Yeoman
Yeoman is a noun originally referring either to one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble household. The term was first documented in mid-14th-century England. The 14th century also witn ...
. Guppy reported it from Derbyshire and Herefordshire.
[Cottle, Basil (1967) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames''. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330]
Notable people with the surname include:
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Solomon Yeomans Chesley (1796-1880), public servant and political figure in Canada West
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Amelia Yeomans (1842-1913), Canadian physician and suffragist
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Bill Yeomans (20th century), Australian rugby league player
* Frank Yeomans, object-relations author and training supervisor for
transference focused psychotherapy
Transference focused psychotherapy (TFP) is a highly structured, twice-weekly modified psychodynamic treatment based on Otto F. Kernberg's object relations model of borderline personality disorder.Clarkin, J. F., Yeomans, F., Kernberg, O. F. (200 ...
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Gael Yeomans (born 1988), Chilean politician and lawyer
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Harry Yeomans (1901–1965), English football goalkeeper
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Hec Yeomans
Hector Richard "Hec" Yeomans, MM (17 February 1895 – 11 September 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Early life
Yeomans was born in Albert Park, Melbourne, ...
(1895–1968), Australian rules footballer
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John Yeomans (writer) (1916–1995), Australian journalist and writer
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Kelly Yeomans (1984-1997), English school girl who committed suicide
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Lucy Yeomans
Lucy Yeomans is creator and founder oDREST previously editor-in-chief of fashion website Net-a-Porter and editor of the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar in the UK.
Career
Yeomans graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1992 and began her ...
(21st century), fashion magazine editor
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P. A. Yeomans
Percival Alfred Yeomans (1905 - November 1984) was an Australian inventor known for the Keyline system for the development of land and increasing the fertility of that land. As a mining engineer and gold assayer, Yeomans had developed a keen sen ...
(1904-1984), Australian inventor
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Julia Yeomans
Julia Mary Yeomans (born 15 October 1954) is a British theoretical physicist active in the fields of soft condensed matter and biological physics. She has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford since 2002.
Early life and ed ...
, British theoretical physicist
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John William Yeomans (1800–1863), Presbyterian pastor, and the second president of Lafayette College
See also
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Yeoman (disambiguation)
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2956 Yeomans, a main-belt asteroid
Footnotes
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Surnames from status names