Camb.

American  

abbreviation

1. Cambridge.

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Camb. British  

abbreviation

1. Cambridge

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Example Sentences

—Theologian and controversialist, ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became Bishop successively of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury, and Winchester.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

—Orientalist, b. at Exeter, and ed. at Camb., became the greatest Orientalist of his day, and was made in 1711 Prof. of Arabic in his Univ.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

Camb.: number of books in library, 145; new cases, 285 Cedar: see Citrus Cesena: description of library, 199-203 Chaining: books chained in S. Mary's Ch.,

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

Camb.: number of books in library 1472, 145; equidistant windows of library, 148; library selected as type, 151; analysis of catalogue dated 1472, 167 Queen's Coll.,

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

—Poet, b. in Shropshire and ed. at Camb., wrote pastorals and dramas, was one of the Addison circle, and started a paper, the Freethinker, in imitation of the Spectator.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)