Throckmorton

British  

/ ˈθrɒkˌmɔːtən, ˈθrɒɡˌmɔːtən /

noun

1. Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed

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Example Sentences

Throckmorton had gone to the southern coast of Turkey to write about sponge divers and their fascinating work.

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Throckmorton was more than an experienced photojournalist: he was a skilled diver.

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Throckmorton had another important belief as well.

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At this point, with the search for sunken vessels still in its infancy, Throckmorton was among the world’s greatest experts in dating the approximate age of a shipwreck.

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The one guiding principle that Bass established in the first days of the expedition, Throckmorton would recall, “was that we were there to understand the site, not recover a lot of stuff. Until something on the bottom was understood in its relationship to everything else, it stayed on the bottom. Recovery could take place only when everything on the site was well recorded.…”

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