Huggins

[huhg-inz]

noun

Charles Bren·ton

[bren-tn] /ˈbrɛn tn/, 1901–97, U.S. surgeon and medical researcher, born in Canada: Nobel Prize 1966.

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Historical Examples of huggins

The Hopkins' and Huggins' had the mission station there then.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
The mission families, Hopkins and Huggins, were invited to be present.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
Huggins has found that the spectrum of this nebula is not gaseous.
Aether and Gravitation
William George Hooper
Huggins, like Hugh, appears to have the same root as Hugin, viz.
Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853
Various
“His principal, Allen, addressed him as Huggins,” replied the first lieutenant.
Hunting the Skipper
George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for huggins

Huggins

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 in Medicine

Huggins

[hŭg′ĭnz]Charles Brenton 1901-1997

Canadian-born American surgeon. He shared a 1966 Nobel Prize for research in hormone treatment for cancer of the prostate.