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Bonington
[ bon-ing-tuhn ]
noun
- Richard Parkes [pahrks], 1801–28, English painter.
Bonington
/ ˈbɒnɪŋtən /
noun
- BoningtonSir Chris(tian John Storey)1934MBritishSPORT AND GAMES: mountaineerWRITING: writer Sir Chris ( tian John Storey ). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985
- BoningtonRichard Parkes18011828MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Richard Parkes . 1801–28, British painter of landscapes and historical scenes
Example Sentences
It is popular with climbers and was first climbed by the UK's most famous mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington in 1966.
There was also a tropical night in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, as it failed to drop below 20.3C.
Monday's tropical night was the first ever for Sheffield and the second for Sutton Bonington since records began for the area in 1930.
In 1975, Mr. MacInnes was part of a group led by fellow Briton Chris Bonington that reached the summit of Everest for the first time via its icy-rock southwest face — although Mr. MacInnes himself did not reach the top.
Their ways caught on quickly, though, so that, by the 1820s, landscape artists whose names we do know — Camille Corot, Richard Parkes Bonington, John Constable — were working the same way.
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