Froude

American

[frood] / frud /

noun

James Anthony, 1818–94, English historian.

Froude British

/ fruːd /

noun

James Anthony . 1818–94, English historian; author of a controversial biography (1882–84) of Carlyle.
his brother William . 1810–79, English civil engineer

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Colin Froude installed solar panels on his detached home in Salisbury, Wiltshire 11 years ago.

From BBC

World War One brought the first iteration of the cinema to a close, when later manager Horace Froude was conscripted.

From BBC

The 1885 account “The White and Pink Terraces of New Zealand” by historian James Anthony Froude gripped me for several reasons.

From Washington Post

Ms Froude locked herself and her children in a bedroom while a family friend banged pots and chased it with a chair.

From BBC

"I first laid eyes on the bear when it was actually in my house, almost in my living room, two feet behind my toddler," Ms Froude told CTV News.

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