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* '''Herrick or Eric:''' Jonathan Swift's mother was Abigail Herrick or Erick | * '''Herrick or Eric:''' Jonathan Swift's mother was Abigail Herrick or Erick | ||
| + | **F. Elrington Ball [055.36]: ''The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D.'', vol. I, 37 (1910): 'the name is spelt variously Herrick and Erick') | ||
* '''Earwicker:''' this English surname is correctly pronounced ''Erricker'' | * '''Earwicker:''' this English surname is correctly pronounced ''Erricker'' | ||
Latest revision as of 23:57, 8 July 2020
- Herrick or Eric: Jonathan Swift's mother was Abigail Herrick or Erick
- F. Elrington Ball [055.36]: The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D., vol. I, 37 (1910): 'the name is spelt variously Herrick and Erick')
- Earwicker: this English surname is correctly pronounced Erricker
- Herrick: Robert Herrick (1591-1674), English poet, wrote about 1200 poems, mostly religious
