Bonington

[bon-ing-tuhn]

noun

1. Richard Parkes 1801–28, English painter.

Bonington

/ ˈbɒnɪŋtən /

noun

1. Sir Chris ( tian John Storey ). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985

2. Richard Parkes . 1801–28, British painter of landscapes and historical scenes

Example Sentences

It is popular with climbers and was first climbed by the UK's most famous mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington in 1966.

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There was also a tropical night in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, as it failed to drop below 20.3C.

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Monday's tropical night was the first ever for Sheffield and the second for Sutton Bonington since records began for the area in 1930.

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In 1975, Mr. MacInnes was part of a group led by fellow Briton Chris Bonington that reached the summit of Everest for the first time via its icy-rock southwest face — although Mr. MacInnes himself did not reach the top.

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Their ways caught on quickly, though, so that, by the 1820s, landscape artists whose names we do know — Camille Corot, Richard Parkes Bonington, John Constable — were working the same way.

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