Cockburn (surname)
Cockburn ( /ˈkoʊbərn/) is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States most branches of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'; other branches have altered the name slightly to 'Cogburn'. The French branch of the family uses the spelling 'de Cockborne', with the middle 'ck" being pronounced.
Read more about Cockburn (surname): Family Origins, Cockburn DNA Project, The Rise and Fall of The Cockburn Landowners, Notable Cockburns, Cockburn Baronetcies, Fictional Characters
Famous quotes containing the word cockburn:
“A “just war” is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience.”
—Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)