Froude
Americannoun
noun
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James Anthony . 1818–94, English historian; author of a controversial biography (1882–84) of Carlyle.
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his brother William . 1810–79, English civil engineer
Example Sentences
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Colin Froude installed solar panels on his detached home in Salisbury, Wiltshire 11 years ago.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2022
World War One brought the first iteration of the cinema to a close, when later manager Horace Froude was conscripted.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022
The 1885 account “The White and Pink Terraces of New Zealand” by historian James Anthony Froude gripped me for several reasons.
From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2020
Strachey pays his unrespectful but never impertinent respects to six fellow-historians: Hume, Gibbon, Macaulay, Carlyle, Froude, Creighton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Froude, I perceive, is about to visit the United States.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
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