Conybeare

British  

/ ˈkɒnɪˌbɪə, ˈkʌn- /

noun

1. William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)

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Example Sentences

These are challenges to which Catherine Conybeare, a professor of classics at Bryn Mawr College, rises admirably in her biography “Augustine the African.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Ms. Conybeare tracks the stages of Augustine’s life and uses this framework to guide the reader through his major works and ideas, explaining what he was doing and why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“France won in the sense that the trade war was brutal for the Italians,” said John Conybeare, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Iowa, and the author of the book “Trade Wars.”

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2018

“Without that large disparity in economic strength, both sides lose,” Professor Conybeare said.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2018

Conybeare an accurate Georgian version made from the Greek exists in an 11th-century MS. at Jerusalem.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various