Woolley

[wool-ee]

noun

1. Sir (Charles) Leonard, 1880–1960, English archaeologist and explorer.

Woolley

/ ˈwʊlɪ /

noun

1. Sir ( Charles ) Leonard . 1880–1960, British archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia (1922–34)

Example Sentences

Woolley was president and chief executive of American Radiator, an early maker of radiators and a pioneer in developing central heating systems.

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Both items had been in Mr Alexander's private collection in his country home in Heathfield Park and his descendants are putting them up for auction for the first time, according to auctioneers Woolley & Wallis.

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For nearly 70 years, she played Peggy Woolley in the long-running radio drama: one of the best-loved matriarchs in British broadcasting.

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John Woolley, a professor emeritus of political science and co-director of the American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara, said people’s feelings about this race being particularly jarring are valid.

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His son Carl Woolley told the inquest in Winchester his father felt he had been "cast as the liar".

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