Shown

Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn. Examples:

  • Elizabeth Shown Mills (born 1944), American genealogist
  • Suzan Shown Harjo (born 1945), Native American activist
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Famous quotes containing the word shown:

    There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing. A truth is something that everybody can be shown to know and to have known, as people say, all along.
    Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

    It was a favor for which to be forever silent to be shown this vision. The earth beneath had become such a flitting thing of lights and shadows as the clouds had been before. It was not merely veiled to me, but it had passed away like the phantom of a shadow, skias onar, and this new platform was gained. As I had climbed above storm and cloud, so by successive days’ journeys I might reach the region of eternal day, beyond the tapering shadow of the earth.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
    Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)