Haworth

American  

[hah-werth, haw-] / ˈhɑ wərθ, ˈhɔ- /

noun

1. Sir Walter Norman, 1883–1950, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1937.

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Haworth ¹ British  

/ ˈhaʊəθ /

noun

1. a village in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: home of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Pop: 6078 (2001)

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Haworth ² British  

/ ˈhaʊəθ /

noun

1. Sir Walter Norman. 1883–1950, British biochemist, who shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1937) for being the first to synthesize ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

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Example Sentences

The Brontë Parsonage Museum, and the town of Haworth which it overlooks, is very much a tourist attraction.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Perched on the edge of the rugged Yorkshire moors that inspired Emily Bronte to write her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights", the quaint village of Haworth has long been a place of literary pilgrimage.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

“This is the beginning of the trial of our generation,” Haworth said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

“Prices for precious metals continue to climb as investors digest increasing geopolitical risk around Venezuela and Iran, with silver trying to keep pace with gains for other precious metals,” Haworth said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

Late in the season of 1874 Captain Haworth put in an appearance.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)