Tweedie

Tweedie

Tweedie is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is a habitational name from Tweedie, located in the parish of Stonehouse, south of Glasgow. The origin and meaning of the name is unknown. [ [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Tweedie-family-history.ashx Tweedie Name Meaning and History] Retrieved on 2008-05-03]

"Tweedie" may refer to:

People

*Andrew Tweedie, South African cricketer.
*Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board.
*Frederick Tweedie, Canadian politician.
*Irina Tweedie, Russian sufi.
*Jill Tweedie, feminist and writer.
*Lemuel John Tweedie, Canadian politician and father to Frederik Tweedie.
*Rob Tweedie, American musician.
*Stephen Tweedie, Scottish software developer.
*Thomas Tweedie, Canadian politician and Chief Justice.

Other

*Clan Tweedie, a Scottish clan, or historical family in Scotland.
*Tweedie distributions, mathematical formulae.

References


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  • Tweedie, Jill Sheila — ▪ 1994       British journalist and author (b. May 22, 1936, Egypt d. Nov. 12, 1993, London, England), was a columnist for The Guardian from 1969 to 1988 and on that paper s women s pages was one of the first to write about such feminist subjects …   Universalium

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  • Dave Tweedie — This article is about the musician. For the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, see David Tweedie. Dave Tweedie (musician) (born David Russell Tweedie, VI on November 27, 1968, in Richmond, California) is an American… …   Wikipedia

  • Stephen Tweedie — Dr Stephen C. Tweedie Born Edinburgh, Scotland Dr. Stephen C. Tweedie is a software developer who is known for his work on the Linux kernel, in particular his work on filesystems.[1] After becoming involved with the development of the ext2… …   Wikipedia

  • David Tweedie — This article is about the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board. For the musician, see Dave Tweedie. Sir David Tweedie (born 1944) is a Scottish accountant. As Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board from 2001… …   Wikipedia

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