Richards

American  

[rich-erdz] / ˈrɪtʃ ərdz /

noun

1. Dickinson Woodruff 1895–1973, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize 1956.

2. I(vor) A(rmstrong) 1893–1979, English literary critic in the U.S.

3. Theodore William, 1868–1928, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1914.

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Richards British  

/ ˈrɪtʃədz /

noun

1. I ( vor ) A ( rmstrong ). 1893–1979, British literary critic and linguist, who, with C. K. Ogden, wrote The Meaning of Meaning (1923) and devised Basic English

2. Sir Gordon . 1904–86, English flat-racing jockey: champion jockey 26 times between 1925 and 1953; won 4870 races, including fourteen English classics

3. Sir Viv , full name Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards . born 1952, West Indian cricketer, born in Antigua; played in 121 tests, 50 as captain; scored 8,540 test runs

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Richards Scientific  

/ rĭch′ərdz /

1. American chemist and educator whose survey of water quality in Massachusetts led to the establishment of the first water quality standards in the United States and the first modern sewage treatment plant.

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Rhuanedd Richards is a former chief executive of Plaid Cymru.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Rolling Stones icons Mick Jagger and Keith Richards visited before a concert a decade prior, and in 2004, rapper Shifty Shellshock described it to The Times as feeling “like where the Sopranos would go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Richards said the partnership would continue to look for ways to reduce response times further.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

McGowan worked alongside scientists at the Earlham Institute and a research group led by Professor Thomas Richards at the University of Oxford.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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