Birkbeck

British  

/ ˈbɜːkˌbɛk /

noun

1. George . 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College

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Example Sentences

Metropolitan Police officers were called to Birkbeck Road, Acton at 04:05 GMT on Sunday where officers found a man injured at the scene.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

“The plans to instrument all of Tibet are particularly ambitious and exciting, as this is one of the most tectonically active regions on Earth,” says James Hammond, a seismologist at Birkbeck, University of London.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

Birkbeck also wrote a 2013 book about powerful Mafia figure Russell Bufalino called “The Quiet Don.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Taylor’s play “Good,” Jacqueline Rose — who co-directs the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities in London — talks about “the power of fascism to pluck the strings of the unconscious.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Franklin was leaving King’s College to take up a new job at Birkbeck College, and Wilkins thought that she was abandoning the DNA project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee