Bonington

American  

[bon-ing-tuhn] / ˈbɒn ɪŋ tən /

noun

1. Richard Parkes 1801–28, English painter.

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Bonington British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2022

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.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2020

Bonington in 1962 also was the first Brit to climb The Eiger’s daunting North Face.

From Forbes • Apr. 9, 2015

Unlike Bloomfield Bonington, Ridgeon cannot make an objective medical decision because he is not at all well.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012

Even the unsinkable sank, and what are foolish mortals like Weathers, Pittman, Fischer, Lopsang, Tenzing, Messner, Bonington in the face of the "Mother Goddess. "

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer