Yerkes

[ yur-keez ]

/ ˈyɜr kiz /

Charles Tyson,1837–1905, U.S. financier and mass-transit magnate.

Robert Mearns

[murnz] /mɜrnz/,1876–1956, U.S. psychologist and psychobiologist: pioneered in studies of the great apes.

Example sentences from the Web for yerkes

When she emerged, dressed, into the saloon--she found Yerkes looking out of the window in a brown study.

Lady Merton, Colonist |Mrs. Humphry Ward
Yerkes was giving his great mind to the dinner which was to be the consolation of Philip's day.

Lady Merton, Colonist |Mrs. Humphry Ward
This should be a magnificent object with a very large telescope, like the Lick or Yerkes.

Astronomical Curiosities |J. Ellard Gore
But the conversation was interrupted by a reproachful appeal from Yerkes.

Lady Merton, Colonist |Mrs. Humphry Ward

At two o'clock the car and the engine were ready, and Yerkes received them at the station beaming with smiles.

Lady Merton, Colonist |Mrs. Humphry Ward