Jessop

Jessop

Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɛsəp/
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Middle English
Meaning	Joseph
Other names
Alternative spelling	Jessopp, Jessope, Jessup, Jessep
[1] [2]

Jessop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bob Jessop (born 1946), British Marxist theoretician
• Carolyn Jessop (born 1968), American author
• Charles Minshall Jessop (1861–1939), mathematician
• Christine Jessop (1974–1984), Canadian child murdered in 1984
• Clytie Jessop (1929–2017), British actress
• Craig Jessop (born 1949), American academic
• Elisha Jessop (1843–1918), Canadian doctor and politician
• Flora Jessop, American social activist
• Gilbert Jessop (1874–1955), English cricketer
• Gilbert Jessop (cricketer, born 1906), his son, also an English cricketer
• Graham Jessop (1957–2012), English marine archaeologist
• Greg Jessop, fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders
• Job Dean Jessop (1926–2001), American thoroughbred jockey
• Josias Jessop (1781–1826), English civil engineer notable for work on canals and railways
• Keith Jessop (1933–2010), English salvage diver
• Peter Jessop (born 1964), American film actor
• Violet Jessop (1887–1971), Argentine nurse and ocean liner stewardess who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912
• William Jessop (disambiguation), multiple people
• Willie Jessop, leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

See also

• Jessep, a surname
• Jessop & Company, Indian engineering company
• Jessop & Son, department store in the English city of Nottingham now trading as John Lewis & Partners
• Jessop of Leicester, British photography retailer now trading as Jessops
• Jessup (disambiguation)

References

1. Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. p. 431. ISBN   978-1-4058-8118-0.
2. Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991) [1958]. A Dictionary of English Surnames (3 ed.). London and New York: Routledge. p. 1774. ISBN   0-415-05737-X.