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The forename Graham is considered to be an English and Scottish given name. [3] Its origin as a surname has led to its occasional use as a female given name, as for example in the case of Graham Cockburn, a daughter of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn .
Graham (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ ə m, ɡ r æ m /) [1] is a surname of Scottish and English origin. It is typically an Anglo-French form of the name of the town of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, England. [2] The settlement is recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book variously as Grantham, Grandham, Granham and Graham.
There is a tradition that the first Graham was one Greme who broke the Roman Antonine Wall driving the Roman legions out of Scotland. [5] However the likely origin is that the chiefs of Clan Graham were of Anglo-Norman origin. [5] The Manor of Gregham is recorded in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book. [5]
The graham cracker was inspired by the preaching of Sylvester Graham, who was part of the 19th-century temperance movement.He believed that minimizing pleasure and stimulation of all kinds, including the prevention of masturbation, coupled with a vegetarian diet anchored by bread made from wheat coarsely ground at home, was how God intended people to live, and that following this natural law ...
Graham cracker, a baked good made from Graham flour; Graham factors, factors for determining ambiguity in U.S. patent law (see Inventive step and non-obviousness or Graham v. John Deere Co.) Graham (mango), a named mango cultivar originating in Trinidad. Graham number, a figure used in value investing; Graham escapement, a type of clockwork ...
Graham's lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, likely surpassed billions of people. [14] As a result of his crusades, Graham preached the gospel to more people, live and in-person, than anyone in the history of Christianity. [13] Graham was on Gallup's list of most admired men and women a record-61 times. [15]
Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, speaks as he accompanies Donald Trump on a Sept. 30, 2024, visit to Chez What Furniture Store, which was damaged during Hurricane Helene in ...
Graham despised the discarding of nutrients such as germ and bran when making flour for white bread. He believed that using all of the grain in the milling of flour and baking of bread was a remedy for the poor health of his fellow Americans during changes in diet brought on by the Industrial Revolution .