Carnarvon
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In November 1922 he succeeded—despite his clashes with Egyptian authorities, his colleagues and even his greatest patron, the Earl of Carnarvon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Nearly 20 new species have now been described with the help of specimens collected on the 2022 voyage, including the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus announced earlier in 2025.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
In Egypt, "he found his passion for life", according to the modern-day Lady Carnarvon, who delved into her family's archive to write The Earl and the Pharaoh.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022
Carter waited to open the door until his benefactor George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth earl of Carnarvon, who had funded his work in the valley for all those years, could travel to the site.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022
On the night of the Royal Party's arrival a play was performed by the students of Christ Church, which Lord Carnarvon reported the worst he had ever seen, except one which he saw at Cambridge.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
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