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Definition of Toynbee
1. Noun. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toynbee
Literary usage of Toynbee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"Toynbee has often been called a socialist; but*he was not a social t*t of the
revolutionary type, nor did h*ev«T adopt the doctrines of collectivism. ..."
2. The Settlement Idea: A Vision of Social Justice by Arthur Cort Holden (1922)
"One of this group was Arnold Toynbee. A personality at Oxford in his student ...
But in spite of his early death it was Toynbee who had inspired the little ..."
3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"Toynbee Hall. People's Palace. Adjoining the City proper on the E. lies ...
Adjoining the church is Toynbee Hall, founded in 1885 and named after Arnold ..."
4. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1887)
"Adjoining the church is Toynbee Hall, named after Arnold Toynbee, who died in the
... Toynbee Hall is also one of the centres iif the 'University Extension ..."
5. Bibliography of College, Social, University and Church Settlements by Caroline Williamson Montgomery (1905)
"But Toynbee Hall is, of course, affected by the opinion which has been formed
... In so far as Toynbee Hall is a self-supporting common residence or club of ..."
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