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Ballantyne is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin, with variant spellings Balentyne, Ballantine, Ballintine, Ballentyne, and Ballendine. [1] Other variants include Bellenden and Ballentine , [ 2 ] and Bannatyne and Ballantyne have been interchangeably even by the same person at different times.
The name has often been associated with Falkirk and Edinburgh as well as Roxburghshire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] William Arthur, in An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, with an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857) suggested that the name denoted "a place of ancient pagan worship", derived from the Celts, who worshipped the sun ...
Neighbours is a long-running Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems together.
The Ballantyne Novels, a series of four novels published between 1980 and 1984 by Wilbur Smith; ... This page was last edited on 1 July 2024, at 02:23 (UTC).
Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1825, the ninth of ten children and the youngest son, of Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776–1847) and his wife Anne (1786–1855). Alexander was a newspaper editor and printer in the family firm of "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate , [ 2 ] and Robert's uncle James Ballantyne ...
John Ballantyne may refer to: John Bellenden (fl. 1533–1587), or Ballantyne, Scottish writer; ... This page was last edited on 29 March 2024, at 17:17 (UTC).
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Richard Ballantyne (August 26, 1817 – November 8, 1898) was the founder of the Sunday School of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having begun the program in December 1849. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was also a Mormon pioneer and missionary .