vivian

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Definition of vivian in English English dictionary

A male given name

A female given name

A patronymic surname

{i} female first name

given name, male

given name, female

Jay Vivian Chambers Vivian Mary Hartley Richards Isaac Vivian Alexander Sutherland Graham Vivian Thimann Kenneth Vivian

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Vivian Richards

born March 7, 1952, St. John's, Antigua West Indian professional cricket player. Born into a sporting family, Richards appeared in his first Test match for the West Indies against India in 1974, but he came to prominence with a score of 192 while batting against India in his second Test that year. In 1976 Richards scored a record 1,710 runs. His 56-ball century (scoring 100 points on 56 balls bowled) in 1985 is a record in Test cricket. Richards played a vital role in the West Indies' two World Cup triumphs. He captained the West Indies in 50 Tests with 27 victories and holds the record for never having lost a series as captain. He was selected Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1977 and was also one of the five cricketers of the century selected by Wisden in 2000. He began coaching the West Indies team upon his retirement as a player in 1991

Vivien

A female given name, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian

He didn't like her first name. 'Vivian - it's neither one thing nor the other. It'll confuse people. They won't know if you're a man or a woman. Will you agree to spelling it Vivien?'.

Graham Vivian Sutherland

v. born Aug. 24, 1903, London, Eng. died Feb. 17, 1980, London British painter. After studying art in London, he taught and practiced printmaking (1926-40) at the Chelsea School of Art. His early work was characterized by an exacting representationalism that evolved into Surrealism. He turned primarily to painting 1935 and served as official war artist 1940-45; his war paintings are an evocative record of desolation. His "thorn period" began with his Crucifixion (1946), considered to be one of the most important religious paintings of the 20th century. In such late works he incorporated anthropomorphic insect and plant forms, particularly thorns, which he transformed into powerful, frightening totemic images. Sutherland was known, too, for his expressionistic, penetrating portraits. He also designed the enormous tapestry ( 1955-61) for the new Coventry Cathedral

Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards

v. born March 7, 1952, St. John's, Antigua West Indian professional cricket player. Born into a sporting family, Richards appeared in his first Test match for the West Indies against India in 1974, but he came to prominence with a score of 192 while batting against India in his second Test that year. In 1976 Richards scored a record 1,710 runs. His 56-ball century (scoring 100 points on 56 balls bowled) in 1985 is a record in Test cricket. Richards played a vital role in the West Indies' two World Cup triumphs. He captained the West Indies in 50 Tests with 27 victories and holds the record for never having lost a series as captain. He was selected Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1977 and was also one of the five cricketers of the century selected by Wisden in 2000. He began coaching the West Indies team upon his retirement as a player in 1991

Kenneth Vivian Thimann

v. born Aug. 5, 1904, Ashford, Kent, Eng. died Jan. 15, 1997, Haverford, Pa., U.S. British-born U.S. plant physiologist. He received his Ph.D. from Imperial College in London. In 1934 he obtained and isolated pure auxin, an important plant-growth hormone and, with several coworkers, proved that auxin promotes cell elongation, formation of roots, and growth of buds, discoveries that led to the development of a widely used synthetic auxin, 2,4-D. Use of this and similar chemicals can prevent the premature falling of fruit and stimulate cut stems to grow abundant roots; because high concentrations of auxins are toxic to most plants, synthetic auxins are also effective weed killers

Vivien

{i} female first name; male first name; family name

Vivien

an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian

Hyphenation

Vi·vi·an

Turkish pronunciation

vîviın

Pronunciation

/ˈvəvēən/ /ˈvɪviːən/

Etymology

() Early saints' name from Latin Vivianus, and of its feminine form Viviana, probably from vivus "alive".