Birkbeck

British  

/ ˈbɜːkˌbɛk /

noun

1. George . 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College

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Example Sentences

“The plans to instrument all of Tibet are particularly ambitious and exciting, as this is one of the most tectonically active regions on Earth,” says James Hammond, a seismologist at Birkbeck, University of London.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

Understanding their age helps scientists understands those winds and unpick the climate of that era, says Prof Geoff Duller at the University of Aberystwyth, who published the research with Prof Charles Bristow at Birkbeck University.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

DeBartolo owed that debt at the same time his club was racking up Super Bowl wins, author Matt Birkbeck writes in “The Life We Chose.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Taylor’s play “Good,” Jacqueline Rose — who co-directs the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities in London — talks about “the power of fascism to pluck the strings of the unconscious.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Franklin was leaving King’s College to take up a new job at Birkbeck College, and Wilkins thought that she was abandoning the DNA project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee