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  1. Madoc
    Meaning as a surname: Fortunate.
    Found on http://www.nameseekers.co.uk/surname.htm

  2. Madoc
    Madoc is a Welsh boy name. The meaning of the name is `Blessed` Where is it used? The name Madoc is mainly used In Welsh.How do they say it elsewhere? Madog ( In Welsh) The name Madoc doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Madoc seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Mado

  3. Madoc
    Madoc or Madog(Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd) (măd'uk, mä'–) , fl. 1170?, quasi-historical Welsh prince. According to Welsh legend, Madoc, said to be a son of Owain Gwynedd, discovered America 300 years before Columbus. Witnesses' accounts of finding supposedly Welsh-speaking Nativ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  4. Madoc
    Madoc or Madog, was a legendary Welsh prince, a son of Owain Gwynedd, who is said, in accordance with a tradition first published in the sixteenth century, to have sailed west about 1171 and discovered America. The first mention of this Madog is in a Welsh poem of the fourteenth century. The legend is highly dubious.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  5. Madoc
    According to a Welsh tradition, Madoc was a son of Owen Gwynned, a Welsh prince, who in 1170 put to sea with ten ships, and discovered land in the west, supposed to be America. He made a second voyage, but finally was lost to the knowledge of his countrymen. Southey has made Madoc the subject of a poem.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  6. Madoc
    `Madoc` or `Madog ab Owain Gwynedd` was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to America in 1170, over three hundred years before Christopher Columbus`s voyage in 1492. According to the story, he was a son of Owain Gwynedd who took to the sea to flee internecine violence at home. The leg...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

  7. Madoc
    (disambiguation) `Madoc` was a legendary Welsh prince who allegedly discovered America in 1170. `Madoc` or `Madog` is a Welsh masculine given name and can also refer to: `People in history`: In `culture pertaining to Wales`: `Locations` See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

  8. Madoc
    (poem) `Madoc` is an 1805 epic poem composed by Robert Southey. It is based on the legend of Madoc, a supposed Welsh prince who fled internecine conflict and sailed to America in the 12th century. The origins of the poem can be traced to Southey`s school boy days where he completed a p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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