Richardson

[ rich-erd-suhn ]

noun
  1. Henry Handel Henrietta Richardson Robertson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist.

  2. Henry Hob·son [hob-suhn], /ˈhɒb sən/, 1838–86, U.S. architect.

  1. Jack (Carter), 1934–2012, U.S. playwright and novelist.

  2. Sir Owen Williams, 1879–1959, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1928.

  3. Sir Ralph (David), 1902–83, English actor.

  4. Samuel, 1689–1761, English novelist.

  5. Tony, 1928–91, English motion-picture and theatrical director.

  6. Walter Hart, 1880–1961, U.S. journalist.

  7. a city in northeastern Texas, near Dallas.

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Richardson

/ (ˈrɪtʃədsən) /


noun
  1. Dorothy M (iller). 1873–1957, British novelist, a pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing: author of the novel sequence Pilgrimage (14 vols, 1915–67)

  2. Henry Handel . pen name of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, 1870–1946, Australian novelist; author of the trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1917–29)

  1. Sir Owen Willans . 1879–1959, British physicist; a pioneer in the study of atomic physics: Nobel prize for physics 1928

  2. Sir Ralph (David). 1902–83, British stage and screen actor

  3. Samuel . 1689–1761, British novelist whose psychological insight and use of the epistolary form exerted a great influence on the development of the novel. His chief novels are Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747)

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