When Charles David Richardson was born on 1 January 1945, in London, England, his father, Sir Ralph David Richardson, was 42 and his mother, Meriel Forbes, was 31. He died in September 1998, at the age of 53, and was buried in London, England, United Kingdom.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
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