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Priestley
[ preest-lee ]
noun
- J(ohn) B(oyn·ton) [boin, -t, uh, n, -tn], 1894–1984, English novelist.
- Joseph, 1733–1804, English chemist, author, and clergyman.
Priestley
/ ˈpriːstlɪ /
noun
- PriestleyJ(ohn) B(oynton)18941984MEnglishWRITING: author J ( ohn ) B ( oynton ). 1894–1984, English author. His works include the novels The Good Companions (1929) and Angel Pavement (1930) and the play An Inspector Calls (1946)
- PriestleyJoseph17331804MEnglishSCIENCE: chemistPOLITICS: political theoristRELIGION: clergyman Joseph. 1733–1804, English chemist, political theorist, and clergyman, in the US from 1794. He discovered oxygen (1774) independently of Scheele and isolated and described many other gases
Priestley
/ prēst′lē /
- British chemist who discovered oxygen (1774) and 10 other gases, including hydrogen chloride, sulphur dioxide, and ammonia.
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Miranda Priestley berating her magazine underlings in The Devil Wears Prada.
But until the time of Priestley few ever disputed the advantages derivable from a National Church.
At a later period he had been attracted by Hartley, Berkeley, and Priestley.
It may, I think, be said that Hales deserved the title usually given to Priestley, viz.
Priestley broke his leg and lost his case, and legal history does not record his future career.
The failure of Priestley, the Lincoln butcher boy, settled the law of America as completely as it did the law of this country.
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