Richards

[ rich-erdz ]

noun
  1. Dickinson Wood·ruff [wood-ruhf], /ˈwʊd rʌf/, 1895–1973, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize 1956.

  2. I(vor) A(rmstrong) [ahy-ver, ee-ver], /ˈaɪ vər, ˈi vər/, 1893–1979, English literary critic in the U.S.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for Richards

Richards

/ (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

  1. 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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Scientific definitions for Richards

Richards

[ rĭchərdz ]


  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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