thornton

English - English

Definition of thornton in English English dictionary

A male given name transferred from the surname

Any of several placenames in England and Scotland

An English and Scottish habitational surname from these places

{i} city in Colorado (USA); male first name; family name

American architect of the original design of the U.S. Capitol (1792). He was also the first superintendent of the U.S. Patent Office (1802-1828). Burgess Thornton Waldo Chandler Raymond Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven

American architect (1759-1828)

Related Terms

Thornton Niven Wilder

born April 17, 1897, Madison, Wis., U.S. died Dec. 7, 1975, Hamden, Conn. U.S. playwright and novelist. After attending Yale University, Wilder studied archaeology in Rome. He earned wide acclaim for his second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927, Pulitzer Prize). His play Our Town (1938, Pulitzer Prize), which became one of the most enduringly popular of all American plays, was followed by the successful The Skin of Our Teeth (1942, Pulitzer Prize). In them he rejected naturalism, often discarding props and scenery, using deliberate anachronisms, and having the characters address the audience directly. His farcical play The Matchmaker (1954) was adapted into the musical Hello, Dolly! (1964). Wilder's later novels include The Eighth Day (1967) and Theophilus North (1973)

Thornton W Burgess

born Jan. 14, 1874, Sandwich, Mass., U.S. died June 5, 1965, Hampden, Mass. U.S. children's author and naturalist. He loved nature as a child. His first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), introduced the animal characters that were to populate his subsequent stories, which were published in many languages. He promoted conservationism through his "Wildlife Protection Program," his "Radio Nature League," and other organizations. He wrote more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for newspaper columns

Thornton Waldo Burgess

born Jan. 14, 1874, Sandwich, Mass., U.S. died June 5, 1965, Hampden, Mass. U.S. children's author and naturalist. He loved nature as a child. His first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), introduced the animal characters that were to populate his subsequent stories, which were published in many languages. He promoted conservationism through his "Wildlife Protection Program," his "Radio Nature League," and other organizations. He wrote more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for newspaper columns

Thornton Wilder

a US writer famous especially for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth (1897-1975). born April 17, 1897, Madison, Wis., U.S. died Dec. 7, 1975, Hamden, Conn. U.S. playwright and novelist. After attending Yale University, Wilder studied archaeology in Rome. He earned wide acclaim for his second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927, Pulitzer Prize). His play Our Town (1938, Pulitzer Prize), which became one of the most enduringly popular of all American plays, was followed by the successful The Skin of Our Teeth (1942, Pulitzer Prize). In them he rejected naturalism, often discarding props and scenery, using deliberate anachronisms, and having the characters address the audience directly. His farcical play The Matchmaker (1954) was adapted into the musical Hello, Dolly! (1964). Wilder's later novels include The Eighth Day (1967) and Theophilus North (1973)

Thornton Wilder

{i} (1897-1975) United States author and dramatist

Raymond Thornton Chandler

born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, Calif. U.S. writer of detective fiction. Chandler worked as an oil-company executive in California before turning to writing during the Great Depression. Early short stories were followed by screenplays, including Double Indemnity (1944), The Blue Dahlia (1946), and Strangers on a Train (1951). His character Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled private detective working in the Los Angeles underworld, appears in all seven of his novels, including The Big Sleep (1939; film, 1946 and 1978), Farewell, My Lovely (1940; film Murder, My Sweet, 1944, and Farewell, My Lovely, 1975), and The Long Good-Bye (1953; film, 1973). Chandler and Dashiell Hammett are regarded as the classic authors of the hard-boiled genre

Hyphenation

Thorn·ton

Turkish pronunciation

thôrntın

Pronunciation

/ˈᴛʜôrntən/ /ˈθɔːrntən/

Etymology

[ 'thorn-t&n ] (biographical name.) Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”)