Ruddiman — Recorded as Rudman, Rudiman and Ruddiman, this is an Anglo Scottish surname. It is either a derivation of the Olde Celtic and English word rudde meaning red , plus mann , a kinsman or servant, or from the popular surname Redman. If the former,… … Surnames reference
RUDDIMAN, THOMAS — author of a well known Latin grammar, a Banffshire man, and graduate of Aberdeen University; was school mastering at Laurencekirk, where his scholarly attainments won him an assistantship in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh; spent a busy life… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ruddiman, Thomas — (1674 1757) Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King s Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in the Advocates Library in Edin., of which in 1730 he became Librarian. In 1714 he pub. his Rudiments of the Latin Tongue, which was for long the … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Hypothèse Ruddiman — L’hypothèse Ruddiman est une théorie développée par le climatologue américain William F. Ruddiman, qui affirme que le réchauffement climatique d’origine humaine a commencé il y a 8 000 ans avec les débuts de l’agriculture, donc bien… … Wikipédia en Français
Thomas Ruddiman — (October 1674 19 January 1757) was a Scottish classical scholar.He was born at Raggal, Banffshire, where his father was a farmer, and educated at the University of Aberdeen. Through the influence of Dr Archibald Pitcairne he became an assistant… … Wikipedia
William Ruddiman — William F. Ruddiman is a palaeoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is known principally for his early anthropocene hypothesis, the idea that Human induced changes in greenhouse gases did not begin in the… … Wikipedia
William Ruddiman — William F. Ruddiman (8 janvier 1943 à Washington, D.C.) est un paléoclimatologue américain, professeur émérite de l’université de Virginie. En dehors des milieux scientifiques, il est connu principalement pour sa théorie, dite hypothèse Ruddiman … Wikipédia en Français
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum — Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate is a 2005 book published by Princeton University Press and written by William Ruddiman, a paleoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has authored… … Wikipedia
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Ice age — An ice age is a period of long term reduction in the temperature of the Earth s surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a… … Wikipedia
