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
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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
The historian Thomas Carlyle was an exception; he instructed his own biographer, James Anthony Froude, to put down the truth about him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The studies of the talented English naval architect, Froude, have thrown light upon this question.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
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