Sentence examples for foremost of his from inspiring English sources
The author seems to have met with him in 1822: "Beethoven is the most celebrated of the living composers in Vienna, and, in certain departments, the foremost of his day.
29 1 Such were the fortunes of Galba, a man surpassed by few Romans in lineage and wealth, and both in wealth and lineage the foremost of his time.
Victor Hugo told the Emperor: "Sire, you are a great citizen, you are the grandson of Marcus Aurelius", and Alexandre Herculano called him: "A Prince whom the general opinion holds as the foremost of his era because of his gifted mind, and due to the constant application of that gift to the sciences and culture".
U.S. statesman and diplomat, considered one of the foremost lawyers of his day.
Alastair Hetherington, who has died aged 79, was one of the foremost journalists of his generation.
He became one of the world foremost experts of his time on the theory of tides.
Among his sitters were the foremost men of his time: Emperor William I, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Hermann von Helmholtz, and William Gladstone.
Callippus of Cyzicus (c. 370 300 bce) was perhaps the foremost astronomer of his day.
Pauling, who was working at Caltech, in Pasadena, was the foremost chemist of his time.
American economist, the world's foremost authority of his day on business cycles.
One of the earliest Neoclassicists and one of the foremost painters of his generation in Italy was Batoni.
