Froude
Americannoun
noun
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James Anthony . 1818–94, English historian; author of a controversial biography (1882–84) of Carlyle.
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his brother William . 1810–79, English civil engineer
Example Sentences
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Colin Froude installed solar panels on his detached home in Salisbury, Wiltshire 11 years ago.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2022
World War One brought the first iteration of the cinema to a close, when later manager Horace Froude was conscripted.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022
The 1885 account “The White and Pink Terraces of New Zealand” by historian James Anthony Froude gripped me for several reasons.
From Washington Post • Jun. 25, 2020
Drake, Elizabeth, Marlborough, T. E. Lawrence, Lloyd George, Pitt, Froude, Macaulay, Churchill�these are his heroes, and he praises them with an Athenian sonority, though never without an affectionate mention of their human vanities and trivialities.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I believe Mr. Froude to be utterly incapable of any misrepresentation or distortion of facts, any conscious coloring of the truth.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
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