beryl markham

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Definition of beryl markham in English English dictionary

orig. Beryl Clutterbuck born Oct. 26, 1902, Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng. died Aug. 3, 1986, Nairobi, Kenya British pilot, adventurer, and writer. Raised in British East Africa, she became a horse trainer and breeder, training several Kenya Derby winners. Turning to aviation, she carried goods, people, and mail to far corners of Africa, and in 1936 she made a historic east-to-west solo flight across the North Atlantic from England to Cape Breton Island. In 1942 she published her celebrated memoir, West with the Night

Hyphenation

Ber·yl Mark·ham

Turkish pronunciation

berıl märkım

Pronunciation

/ˈberəl ˈmärkəm/ /ˈbɛrəl ˈmɑːrkəm/