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A habitational surname
John Addington Symonds
born Oct. 5, 1840, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. died April 19, 1893, Rome English essayist, poet, and biographer. He traveled extensively for his health, finally settling in Switzerland. His chief work, Renaissance in Italy (1875-86), is a series of extended essays on cultural history. His writings include translations, travel sketches, and studies of personalities such as Percy B. Shelley, Ben Jonson, Sir Philip Sidney, Michelangelo, and Walt Whitman. His poetry served primarily as a release from his difficult emotional life. A Problem in Greek Ethics (written 1871) and A Problem in Modern Ethics (1881) were among the first serious works treating homosexuality
addington

    Расстановка переносов

    Ad·ding·ton

    Турецкое произношение

    ädîngtın

    Произношение

    /ˈadəɴɢtən/ /ˈædɪŋtən/

    Этимология

    () Probably from Old English given name Eadda + -ingtūn, thus meaning "associated with Eadda".
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