Sentence examples for first advocates from inspiring English sources

One of the first advocates of home-schooling, John Holt, was a left-winger who regarded schools as instruments of the bureaucratic-industrial complex.

Even Theodor Herzl, one of the first advocates of Zionism, couldn't help thinking that "a half dozen duels would very much raise the social position of the Jews".

One of the first advocates of this view was the Swiss designer Adolphe Appia, who used the latest technology and exploited the possibilities of electric lighting to suggest a completely new direction in stage design.

In fact, Turing believed that everything could be represented symbolically, even abstract mental states, and he was one of the first advocates of the artificial-intelligence position that computers can potentially "think".

Their concern with individual conduct was a force for social conformity during the middle years of the century rather than for that depth of individual religious experience that the first advocates of "vital religion" had preached in the 18th century.

Gittel has found refuge at the Institute of Sexual Research, a real place that was run by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, one of the first advocates for the rights of sexual minorities.

Which is why acousticians first advocate diplomacy.

At first, advocating free marketry was like pushing ideas uphill.

The Indo-European character of Palaic was first advocated by Assyriologist Emil Forrer in 1922.

To be fair, Mr. Von Essen was the first advocate for an independent inquiry into the response.

The first, advocated by the Colonial Office, stressed a policy of direct control to protect British interests in the Persian Gulf and India.