Geddes
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Geddes is a surname and a place name.
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[edit] People
Nearly all people who share the surname Geddes (genealogy link) have ancestry traced to a clan in the Scottish Highlands. Many also have a connection to a Baron born of Clan Geddes whose standard is a red shield with three pikes on its face.
As Geddes is part of the Gordon clan, any Geddes can also wear the Gordon tartan.
- Andrew Geddes, British painter.
- Anne Geddes, photographer well known for her portraits of infants.
- Alexander Geddes, a Scottish theologian and scholar.
- Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes, British politician and diplomat.
- Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar-nominated American actress.
- Charles Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom, British life peer
- Eric Campbell Geddes, conservative British politician.
- Geddes Granger, also known as Makandal Daaga, a Trinidad and Tobago political activist and former revolutionary.
- George Geddes, U.S. New York State senator (1847 to 1851).
- Heather E. Geddes, illustrator
- James Geddes (engineer), a prominent engineer and surveyor.
- James Geddes, arrested for cultivation of Cannabis sativa.
- James Lorraine Geddes (1827-1887), American soldier and writer
- Jane Geddes, an American professional golfer.
- Jenny Geddes, arguably catalyzed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- Keith Geddes, co-founder of the Maple computer algebra system.
- Marie Geddes, Canadian who died after four day hunger strike in long-term care facility for seniors.
- Norman Bel Geddes, an American theatrical and industrial designer who focused on aerodynamics.
- Sir Patrick Geddes, a renowned Scottish biologist and town planner.
- Pytt Geddes, tai chi teacher.
- William Duguid Geddes (1828-1900), Scottish scholar and educationalist.
[edit] Places
[edit] Malaysia
- Ladang Geddes, largest estate in Malaysia around 1930 to 1950, famous with the rubber plantation.
[edit] Scotland
- The Geddes House in Nairn.
- Geddes (Scotland) small village NE of Inverness.
[edit] United States
- Geddes, New York.
- Geddes, South Dakota.
- Geddes, Michigan, an unincorporated village in Washtenaw County that is located within the jurisdiction of Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan.
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