Born into poverty on a rubber plantation in the Amazonian state of Acre and an illiterate maid in her youth, this remarkable mixed-race woman has become her country's foremost environmentalist and an internationally recognised advocate of sustainable development.
Swedish economist, the foremost in his generation and internationally renowned for his pioneering work in monetary theory.
Its artistic director, Helgi Tomasson, is celebrating his 25th anniversary in the post, and under him the troupe has become internationally recognized as a foremost leading exponent of Balanchine ballets.
WASHINGTON — When Merce Cunningham made "Second Hand" in 1970, he was already internationally established as the foremost nonballet creator of dances that were about dancing, that had no messages, that were, in Susan Sontag's phrase, "against interpretation".
Established nearly two decades ago, Radio 3's New Generation Artist Scheme is internationally acknowledged as the foremost scheme of its kind.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison theoretician is a foremost expert in his field, known internationally for his work in neutrinos, a rare, mysterious element.
In 1969, an Irish senator Owen Sheehy-Skeffington complained that "the man who destroyed the pillar made Dublin look more like Birmingham and less like an ancient city on the River Liffey — the pillar gave Dublin an internationally known appearance". Ireland's foremost poet WB Yeats would probably also have been disappointed, had he lived to see it.
He may have been best known, however, for his love affair with African art, becoming an internationally renowned dealer and among the foremost authorities in the field.
Nawal Nour is the Director of the African Women's Health Center and other initiatives at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a foremost expert in combatting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) internationally.
Nonetheless, the Polish historian of literature Henryk Markiewicz, writing the Polski słownik biograficzny (Polish Biographical Dictionary) entry on Sienkiewicz (1997), describes him as a master of Polish prose, as the foremost Polish writer of historical fiction, and as Poland's internationally best-known writer.
Even in his maturity, having become rich, famous, laden with honors and internationally acclaimed as one of the world's foremost thinkers, he remained deeply insecure, given to fits of depression and outbursts of violent temper.
