Huggins

American

[huhg-inz] / ˈhʌg ɪnz /

noun

Charles Brenton 1901–97, U.S. surgeon and medical researcher, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1966.

Huggins British

/ ˈhʌɡɪnz /

noun

Sir William. 1824–1910, British astronomer. He pioneered the use of spectroscopy in astronomy and discovered the red shift in the lines of a stellar spectrum

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Huggins concerns are echoed by the World Wildlife Fund, which said fake grass's increasing popularity was "not good news for nature".

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Some people would only be up there for a year, and they really couldn’t deal with the isolation,” Huggins said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Huggins has logged two decades in the museum world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Huggins said “The Naked Gun” was always a theatrical play for Paramount, as well as Fuzzy Door.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

As early as 1868 the astronomer William Huggins found an identity between some features in the spectrum of a comet and the spectrum of natural or “olefiant” gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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