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- n. A patronymic Welsh and English surname; derived from Watkin a pet name for the given name Walter. Originally 'ap Gwatkyn' or 'ap Gwatkin', meaning 'son of Watkin'.
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“John Gwatkin believes her career was saved because his inquiry report was never published by Nottingham council.”
“John Gwatkin was joint chairman of the Nottingham inquiry carried out together with police, and yesterday he explained just why he was ‘totally appalled’ when he learned that Judith Jones was sitting on the Newcastle panel.”
“Gwatkin has exploded Anthony, 'who never existed.”
“Gwatkin, the two professors of philosophy in the College, and by two clergymen among the generality, Rev. Richard Hewitt and Rev. William Bland.”
“Constantius II, who had him summoned to Milan (Gwatkin, p. 292).”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
“(Gwatkin, Studies in Arianism, V, note G, where the original authorities are ably discussed).”
“Gwatkin, _op.cit. _, and in part in Kirch, _op.cit.”
“Gwatkin, a Cornish gentleman in every way worthy of her.”
“This restrictive use of heathen words, from the third century onwards, is the subject of some valuable remarks by Prof. Gwatkin in his _Early Church History_, vol.i. p. 268 foll.”
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
“Gwatkin writes (vol.ii. 236) that all Augustine's conceptions are shaped by law and Stoicism.”
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus
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