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Rawlinson

American  
[raw-lin-suhn] / ˈrɔ lɪn sən /

noun

  1. George, 1812–1902, English historian.

  2. his brother Sir Henry Creswicke 1810–95, English archaeologist, diplomat, and soldier.


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Winterhoff, who took over for founder Peter Rawlinson in 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The company tapped Napoli to lead Lucid 14 months after Peter Rawlinson, the company’s former CEO, resigned.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“Nobody took it seriously…we couldn’t even get suppliers to supply us parts,” Rawlinson, who became chief engineer, told me Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Co-first author Dr. Stephen Rawlinson, a research fellow in the Moseley Lab, said the team's work offers a long-sought answer.

From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025

On April 6 died Richard Rawlinson, D.C.L., a Bishop among the Non-jurors, notwithstanding that he passed in the world as a layman.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

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