Other definitions for Whitehead (2 of 2)
Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
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How to use whitehead in a sentence
Dandelions are gone, except the whiteheads, and they would blow away before they got themselves settled in church, I am afraid.
Little Fishers: and their Nets | PansyHe crawled dejectedly to the dressing room and refused to be comforted by Whiteheads predictions of better success next time.
For the Honor of the School | Ralph Henry BarbourThey worked like whiteheads, lemme tell you, and never even stopped for the storm.
Lonesome Land | B. M. Bower
British Dictionary definitions for Whitehead
/ (ˈwaɪtˌhɛd) /
Alfred North. 1861–1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910–13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929)
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