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Definition of Brinton
1. Noun. United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brinton
Literary usage of Brinton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society by Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa (1916)
"Brinton, EP, xiii, 151. Brinton, FERREE, xv, 65; xvi, 24; xx, 257. ... Brinton,
JOSEPH, xx, 182. The following pages, but not material, are duplicated: Vol. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Dr. Brinton communicated the results of his correspondence with Dr. Valentini,
... Dr. Brinton reported that the MSS. had been sent to him, and moved the ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"A merican Hero Myths: A Study in the ** Native Religions of the Western Continent,
by Daniel G. Brinton, 1882. A work designed to present ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Presentation of an oil portrait of Dr. Brinton, the gift of friends to the American
... Address on the Ethnological Work of Dr. Brinton, by Dr. WJ McGee, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"WITH Dr. Brinton the study of the apparatus and function of digestion has been
a favourite specialty. He is well and favourably known as the author of the ..."
6. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1892)
""We regret to announce the death of Brinton Coxe, President of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, which took place on the morning of September 15, ..."
7. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1906)
"The ancestors of George M. Brinton, of Penn township, were English and members of
... Edward Brinton married Hannah Pierce, and their son, George Brinton, ..."
8. Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623-1923 by Frank Marshall Eastman (1922)
"Three decades ago, in 1892, Newton Brinton Spangler, a native son, was admitted
to the bar of ... Newton Brinton Spangler was born at the home farm near ..."
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