Sutherland
[suhth -er-luh nd]
- Earl Wilbur, Jr.,1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- George,1862–1942, U.S. politician and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1922–38.
- Dame Joan,1926–2010, Australian soprano.
- Also called Suth·er·land·shire [suhth -er-luh nd-sheer, -sher] /ˈsʌð ər ləndˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in N Scotland.
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Sutherland had unwittingly purchased the paintings from a forger in California on eBay.
By January 31, Sutherland was notified that his Hirst paintings were fakes.
Sutherland said he possessed one, but was waiting for confirmation that it was available for sale.
Sutherland—who began dealing art four years ago—met his downfall after making just one bad decision.
In the chapter entitled “New Lands: America and the American Voice” Sutherland tries to compress 400 years into his six pages.
Historical Examples
The history of Sutherland, as a county, differs from all our other Highland districts.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
What a pity it is that differences such as these the Duke of Sutherland cannot see!
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
Let us follow, for a little, the poor Highlanders of Sutherland to the sea-coast.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
The Sutherland family looked at each other in angry astonishment.
Sutherland, therefore, had made but few discoveries in the neighbourhood.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
Sutherland1
- (until 1975) a county of N Scotland, now part of Highland
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Sutherland2
- Graham. 1903–80, English artist, noted for his work as an official war artist (1941–44), for his tapestry Christ in Majesty (1962) in Coventry Cathedral, and for his portraits
- Dame Joan, 1926–2010 known as La Stupenda. Australian operatic soprano
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Sutherland
(sŭð′ər-lənd)Earl Wilbur, Jr 1915-1974- American physiologist. He won a 1971 Nobel Prize for showing that cyclic AMP within the cell is the agent that moderates the action of hormones.
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