Sentence examples for greatest figures of from inspiring English sources

A film crew shot it all, recording priceless moments of collaboration among some of the greatest figures of that musical generation.

Lenz was represented by August Boehm, a leading player, teacher and writer; and Oswald Jacoby, one of the greatest figures of all time, was played by John Kranyak.

President Jacques Chirac, who will lead a homage to Mr. Rol-Tanguy at the Invalides on Thursday, described him as "one of the greatest figures of the Resistance".

Here, behind blast doors and security screens, are stored the remains of one of the greatest figures of the 20th century.

Yet, as Ivan Klima says in his new, welcome biographical study, Capek was, with Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek (the author of "The Good Soldier Svejk") "among the greatest figures of modern world literature".

September 18 , 1709Lichfield, England December 13 , 1784London, England Samuel Johnson, byname Dr. Johnson (born September 18 , 1709 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England died December 13 , 1784 London) English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters.

Among these was Desiderius Erasmus, the greatest figure of the northern Renaissance.

The greatest figure of the ancient world in the advancement of geography and cartography was Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy; 90 168 ce).

The second line carries an echo of Auden's "Who's Who", a sonnet about TE Lawrence, "the greatest figure of his day".

"The greatest figure of our age".

A New York Times book review of his 1988 memoir, "Reunion," one of more than 20 books published under his name, called Hayden "the single greatest figure of the 1960s student movement".