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Anderson   /ˈændərsən/   Listen
Anderson

noun
1.
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941).  Synonym: Sherwood Anderson.
2.
United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-).  Synonyms: Phil Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson.
3.
United States dramatist (1888-1959).  Synonym: Maxwell Anderson.
4.
United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993).  Synonym: Marian Anderson.
5.
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991).  Synonyms: Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson.



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"Anderson" Quotes from Famous Books



... electricity Do thoroughly whatever they do at all I approve of such foolhardiness Life is the fairest fairy tale (Anderson) Loved himself too much to give his whole affection to any one Scorned the censure of the people, he never lost sight of it What father does not find something to admire in ...
— Quotations From Georg Ebers • David Widger

... decided the battle of Collin?" said the queen, with sparkling eyes. "Go on! tell me more. Did you speak with the king's chamberlain, Anderson?" ...
— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach

... launched the boats, and "trusting themselves to God," embarked once more upon the arctic sea. Barendz, who was too ill to walk, together with Claas Anderson, also sick unto death, were dragged to the strand in sleds, and ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... without any stamp to test the accuracy of the issues, they have ascertained the units while dealing with hundreds of millions is a statistical prodigy that throws the calculating genius of a Babbage and the miraculous powers of Herr Doebler and Anderson into the shade. I can therefore no more pretend to explain the method they employ for statistics, than I can the system adopted by Herr Doebler to mend plates by firing pistols at them. The exact quantity of reliance that can be placed ...
— Lands of the Slave and the Free - Cuba, The United States, and Canada • Henry A. Murray

... arrived at Norfolk Island on June 22nd, when it was found possible to land the officers of the New South Wales Corps and to embark others from the same regiment for Sydney, among them being Ensigns Piper and Anderson. The brig sailed on the 29th, and in passing the entrance of Hunter's River, on the evening of July 8th, she sent a boat off to the settlement at Newcastle, where it was reported that all was well. She arrived in Port Jackson on July 9th. She was then overhauled, and on September 8th sailed ...
— The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson - With The Journal Of Her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N • Ida Lee


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