sir : Idioms & Phrases

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sir alan hodgkin

  • noun English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
    Hodgkin; Alan Lloyd Hodgkin; Alan Hodgkin.
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sir alec guinness

  • noun English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
    Guinness; Alec Guinness.
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sir alexander fleming

  • noun Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
    Alexander Fleming; Fleming.
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sir alexander korda

  • noun British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
    Korda; Sandor Kellner.
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sir alexander mackenzie

  • noun Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
    Mackenzie.
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sir alexander robertus todd

  • noun Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
    Lord Todd; Todd.
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sir alfred charles bernard lovell

  • noun English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
    Lovell; Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell.
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sir alfred hitchcock

  • noun English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980)
    Alfred Joseph Hitchcock; Hitchcock; Alfred Hitchcock.
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sir angus wilson

  • noun English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
    Wilson; Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson.
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sir anthony hopkins

  • noun Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
    Anthony Hopkins; Sir Anthony Hopkins; Hopkins.
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sir anthony philip hopkins

  • noun Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
    Anthony Hopkins; Sir Anthony Hopkins; Hopkins.
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sir anthony vandyke

  • noun Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
    Van Dyck; Anthony Vandyke; Vandyke.
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sir arthur conan doyle

  • noun British author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)
    Arthur Conan Doyle; A. Conan Doyle; Conan Doyle.
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sir arthur john evans

  • noun British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
    Arthur Evans; Evans.
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sir arthur stanley eddington

  • noun English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944)
    Eddington.
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sir arthur sullivan

  • noun English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900)
    Sullivan; Arthur Sullivan; Arthur Seymour Sullivan.
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sir arthur travers harris

  • noun British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
    Bomber Harris; Harris.
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sir barton

  • noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1919
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sir bernard law montgomery

  • noun English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
    Bernard Law Montgomery; 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Montgomery.
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sir bernard lovell

  • noun English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913)
    Lovell; Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell.
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sir bernard williams

  • noun English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003)
    Bernard Arthur Owen Williams; Williams.
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sir charles leonard woolley

  • noun English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
    Woolley; Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.
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sir charles scott sherrington

  • noun English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952)
    Sherrington.
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sir charles spencer chaplin

  • noun English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)
    Chaplin; Charlie Chaplin.
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sir charles wheatstone

  • noun English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875)
    Wheatstone.
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sir charles william siemens

  • noun engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883)
    Siemens; Karl Wilhelm Siemens.
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sir christopher wren

  • noun English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
    Wren.
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sir clive marles sinclair

  • noun English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940)
    Sinclair; Clive Sinclair.
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sir david alexander cecil low

  • noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
    David Low; Sir David Alexander Cecil Low; Low.
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sir david bruce

  • noun Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
    Bruce; David Bruce.
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sir david low

  • noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
    David Low; Sir David Alexander Cecil Low; Low.
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sir edmund hillary

  • noun New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
    Hillary; Sir Edmund Hillary; Edmund Hillary.
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sir edmund percival hillary

  • noun New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
    Hillary; Sir Edmund Hillary; Edmund Hillary.
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sir edward elgar

  • noun British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
    Sir Edward Elgar; Elgar.
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sir edward victor appleton

  • noun English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)
    Edward Appleton; Appleton.
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sir edward william elgar

  • noun British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
    Sir Edward Elgar; Elgar.
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sir edwin landseer luytens

  • noun English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
    Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens; Lutyens.
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sir edwin lutyens

  • noun English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
    Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens; Lutyens.
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sir ernst boris chain

  • noun British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
    Ernst Boris Chain; Chain.
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sir francis bacon

  • noun English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
    1st Baron Verulam; Baron Verulam; Viscount St. Albans; Bacon; Francis Bacon.
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sir francis drake

  • noun English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
    Francis Drake; Drake.
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sir francis galton

  • noun English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
    Galton; Francis Galton.
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sir frank whittle

  • noun English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
    Whittle; Frank Whittle.
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sir fred hoyle

  • noun an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
    Hoyle; Fred Hoyle.
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sir frederick ashton

  • noun British choreographer (1906-1988)
    Ashton.
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sir frederick gowland hopkins

  • noun English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
    Hopkins.
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sir frederick grant banting

  • noun Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
    Banting; F. G. Banting.
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sir frederick handley page

  • noun English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)
    Page.
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sir frederick william herschel

  • noun English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
    William Herschel; Herschel; Sir Frederick William Herschel.
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sir galahad

  • noun (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail
    Galahad.
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sir gawain

  • noun (Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table
    Gawain.
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sir geoffrey wilkinson

  • noun English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921)
    Wilkinson.
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sir george otto trevelyan

  • noun English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)
    Trevelyan; George Otto Trevelyan.
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sir george paget thomson

  • noun English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
    George Paget Thomson; Thomson.
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sir geraint

  • noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table
    Geraint.
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sir hans adolf krebs

  • noun English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981)
    Krebs; Hans Adolf Krebs.
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sir harold george nicolson

  • noun English diplomat and author (1886-1968)
    Nicolson; Harold Nicolson.
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sir harold walter kroto

  • noun British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)
    Kroto; Harold Kroto; Harold W. Kroto.
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sir harry maclennan lauder

  • noun Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)
    Lauder; Harry Lauder.
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sir henry bessemer

  • noun British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
    Bessemer.
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sir henry joseph wood

  • noun English conductor (1869-1944)
    Sir Henry Joseph Wood; Wood.
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sir henry maxmilian beerbohm

  • noun English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)
    Beerbohm; Max Beerbohm.
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sir henry morgan

  • noun a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688)
    Henry Morgan; Morgan.
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sir henry morton stanley

  • noun Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
    Stanley; John Rowlands; Henry M. Stanley.
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sir henry percy

  • noun English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
    Percy; Harry Hotspur; Hotspur.
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sir henry rider haggard

  • noun British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
    Rider Haggard; Haggard.
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sir henry wood

  • noun English conductor (1869-1944)
    Sir Henry Joseph Wood; Wood.
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sir herbert beerbohm tree

  • noun English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
    Tree.
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sir hiram stevens maxim

  • noun English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
    Maxim.
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sir howard walter florey

  • noun British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
    Florey; Howard Florey.
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sir humphrey davy

  • noun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
    Humphrey Davy; Davy.
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sir humphrey gilbert

  • noun English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
    Gilbert; Humphrey Gilbert.
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sir isaac newton

  • noun English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
    Isaac Newton; Newton.
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sir isaac pitman

  • noun English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
    Pitman.
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sir jack hobbs

  • noun notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
    Hobbs; John Berry Hobbs.
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sir jacob epstein

  • noun British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
    Epstein; Jacob Epstein.
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sir james augustus henry murray

  • noun Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
    Sir James Augustus Murray; James Augustus Murray; Murray; James Murray; James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray.
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sir james augustus murray

  • noun Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
    Sir James Augustus Murray; James Augustus Murray; Murray; James Murray; James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray.
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sir james clark ross

  • noun British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
    James Clark Ross; Ross.
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sir james dewar

  • noun Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
    Dewar.
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sir james george frazer

  • noun English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
    James George Frazer; Frazer.
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sir james matthew barrie

  • noun Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)
    James Matthew Barrie; J. M. Barrie; James Barrie; Barrie.
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sir james murray

  • noun Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
    Sir James Augustus Murray; James Augustus Murray; Murray; James Murray; James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray.
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sir james paget

  • noun English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899)
    Paget.
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sir james paul mccartney

  • noun English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
    McCartney; Paul McCartney.
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sir james young simpson

  • noun Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
    Simpson.
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sir john carew eccles

  • noun Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
    John Eccles; Eccles.
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sir john cockcroft

  • noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
    Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
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sir john cowdery kendrew

  • noun English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917)
    Kendrew.
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sir john douglas cockcroft

  • noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
    Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
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sir john everett millais

  • noun Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
    Millais.
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sir john falstaff

  • noun a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
    Falstaff.
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sir john frederick william herschel

  • noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
    Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
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sir john gielgud

  • noun English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
    Gielgud; Arthur John Gielgud.
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sir john hawkins

  • noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
    Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins.
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sir john hawkyns

  • noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
    Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins.
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sir john herschel

  • noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
    Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
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sir john ross

  • noun Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
    John Ross; Ross.
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sir john suckling

  • noun English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
    Suckling.
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sir john tenniel

  • noun English cartoonist (1820-1914)
    Tenniel.
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sir john vanbrigh

  • noun English architect (1664-1726)
    Vanbrugh; John Vanbrugh.
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sir joseph banks

  • noun English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)
    Banks.
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sir joseph john thomson

  • noun English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
    Joseph John Thomson; Thomson.
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sir joseph paxton

  • noun English architect (1801-1865)
    Paxton; Joseph Paxton.
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sir joshua reynolds

  • noun English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)
    Reynolds.
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sir karl raimund popper

  • noun British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
    Karl Popper; Popper.
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sir lancelot

  • noun (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
    Lancelot.
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sir laurence kerr olivier

  • noun English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
    Baron Olivier of Birghton; Laurence Olivier; Olivier.
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sir leonard hutton

  • noun English cricketer (1916-1990)
    Hutton.
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sir leonard woolley

  • noun English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)
    Woolley; Sir Charles Leonard Woolley.
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sir leslie stephen

  • noun English writer (1832-1904)
    Stephen.
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sir martin frobisher

  • noun English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
    Frobisher.
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sir matthew flinders

  • noun British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
    Matthew Flinders; Flinders.
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sir mortimer wheeler

  • noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
    Sir Mortimer Wheeler; Wheeler.
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sir noel pierce coward

  • noun English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
    Coward; Noel Coward.
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sir oliver joseph lodge

  • noun English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
    Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge.
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sir oliver lodge

  • noun English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
    Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge.
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sir patrick manson

  • noun Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922)
    Manson.
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sir paul gavrilovich vinogradoff

  • noun British historian (born in Russia) (1854-1925)
    Vinogradoff.
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sir peter brian medawar

  • noun British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987)
    Medawar; Peter Medawar.
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sir peter paul rubens

  • noun prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640)
    Rubens; Peter Paul Rubens.
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sir peter ustinov

  • noun British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
    Ustinov; Peter Alexander Ustinov.
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sir philip sidney

  • noun English poet (1554-1586)
    Sidney.
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sir rabindranath tagore

  • noun Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
    Rabindranath Tagore; Tagore.
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sir ralph david richardson

  • noun British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)
    Richardson; Ralph Richardson.
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Sir reverance

  • . See under Reverence, n.
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sir rex harrison

  • noun English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
    Reginald Carey Harrison; Rex Harrison; Harrison.
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sir richard burton

  • noun English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
    Burton; Sir Richard Burton; Richard Burton.
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sir richard francis burton

  • noun English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
    Burton; Sir Richard Burton; Richard Burton.
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sir richard owen

  • noun English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)
    Owen.
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sir richrd steele

  • noun English writer (1672-1729)
    Steele.
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sir robert eric mortimer wheeler

  • noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
    Sir Mortimer Wheeler; Wheeler.
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sir robert peel

  • noun British politician (1788-1850)
    Robert Peel; Peel.
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sir robert robinson

  • noun English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
    Robert Robinson; Robinson.
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sir robert walpole

  • noun Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
    Walpole; First Earl of Orford; Robert Walpole.
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sir roger gilbert bannister

  • noun English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
    Bannister; Roger Bannister.
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sir ronald ross

  • noun British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
    Ross.
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sir sarvepalli radhakrishnan

  • noun Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian philosophy to the West (1888-1975)
    Radhakrishnan; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
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sir seretse khama

  • noun Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980)
    Khama.
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sir stephen harold spender

  • noun English poet and critic (1909-1995)
    Stephen Spender; Spender.
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sir terence mervyn rattigan

  • noun British playwright (1911-1977)
    Terence Rattigan; Rattigan.
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sir thomas gresham

  • noun English financier (1519-1579)
    Gresham.
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sir thomas lawrence

  • noun English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
    Lawrence.
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sir thomas malory

  • noun English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
    Malory; Thomas Malory.
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sir thomas more

  • noun English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
    Thomas More; More.
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sir thomas raffles

  • noun British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
    Raffles; Sir Thomas Raffles.
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sir thomas stamford raffles

  • noun British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
    Raffles; Sir Thomas Raffles.
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sir thomas wyat

  • noun English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
    Wyatt; Sir Thomas Wyat; Wyat.
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sir thomas wyatt

  • noun English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
    Wyatt; Sir Thomas Wyat; Wyat.
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sir tim rice

  • noun English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
    Timothy Miles Bindon Rice; Rice.
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sir tom stoppard

  • noun British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
    Thomas Straussler; Tom Stoppard; Stoppard.
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sir walter norman haworth

  • noun English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950)
    Haworth.
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sir walter ralegh

  • noun English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
    Sir Walter Ralegh; Walter Ralegh; Raleigh; Walter Raleigh; Ralegh.
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sir walter raleigh

  • noun English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618)
    Sir Walter Ralegh; Walter Ralegh; Raleigh; Walter Raleigh; Ralegh.
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sir walter scott

  • noun British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
    Walter Scott; Scott.
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sir william alexander craigie

  • noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
    William A. Craigie; Craigie.
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sir william chambers

  • noun English architect (1723-1796)
    Chambers; William Chambers.
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sir william crookes

  • noun English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
    William Crookes; Crookes.
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sir william gerald golding

  • noun English novelist (1911-1993)
    Golding; William Golding.
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sir william gilbert

  • noun a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
    William Gilbert; Gilbert; William S. Gilbert; William Schwenk Gilbert.
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sir william herschel

  • noun English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822)
    William Herschel; Herschel; Sir Frederick William Herschel.
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sir william huggins

  • noun English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910)
    Huggins.
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sir william rowan hamilton

  • noun Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
    William Rowan Hamilton; Hamilton.
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sir william turner walton

  • noun English composer (1902-1983)
    Sir William Turner Walton; Walton; William Walton.
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sir william wallace

  • noun Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
    Wallace.
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sir william walton

  • noun English composer (1902-1983)
    Sir William Turner Walton; Walton; William Walton.
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sir winston leonard spenser churchill

  • noun British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
    Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston S. Churchill.
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sir yehudi menuhin

  • noun British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)
    Yehudi Menuhin; Menuhin.
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