Bar·ton (bär tn), Clara Full name Clarissa Harlowe Barton. 1821-1912. American administrator who did battlefield relief work during the Civil War and organized the American Red Cross (1881). |   |
barton [ˈbɑːtən]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Archaic a farmyard
[Old English beretūn, from bere barley + tūn stockade; see town]
Barton [ˈbɑːtən]
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1. (Biographies / Barton, Sir Derek (Harold Richard) (1918-1998) M, British, SCIENCE: chemist) Sir Derek (Harold Richard). 1918-98, British organic chemist: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1969) for his work on conformational analysis
2. (Biographies / Barton, Sir Edmund (1849-1920) M, Australian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Sir Edmund 1849-1920, Australian statesman; first prime minister of Australia (1901-03)
3. (Biographies / Barton, Elizabeth (?1506-1534) F, English, RELIGION: nun, RELIGION: prophet) Elizabeth, known as the Maid of Kent. ?1506-34, English nun, who claimed the gift of prophecy. Her criticism of Henry VIII's attempt to annul his first marriage led to her execution
4. (Biographies / Barton, John (Bernard Adie) (1928 M, British, THEATRE: theatre director) John (Bernard Adie). born 1928, British theatre director, noted esp for his productions of Shakespeare
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