Jowett

[ jou-it ]

/ ˈdʒaʊ ɪt /

Benjamin,1817–93, English educator and Greek scholar.

Example sentences from the Web for jowett

Mr Jowett had warned Borrow to “beware of confounding the two distinct ideas of translation and interpretation!”

The Life of George Borrow |Herbert Jenkins
"We do not reach one-third of the people who would like to take our paper," he told Jowett, the business manager.

The Great God Success |John Graham (David Graham Phillips)
Jowett of Balliol was once asked by a friend if he thought a really good man could be happy on the rack.

Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How |Frederick Douglas How
And it is equally easy to understand that much of it offended Mr. Jowett, and why he deemed revision essential.

The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 |Edward Tyas Cook

“He is a very learned man, but of very simple and unassuming manners,” wrote Borrow to Jowett.

The Life of George Borrow |Clement K. Shorter

Jowett

/ (ˈdʒaʊɪt) /

Benjamin. 1817–93, British classical scholar and educator: translated the works of Plato