Definition of John Galsworthy

1. Noun. English novelist (1867-1933).

Exact synonyms: Galsworthy
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Galsworthy

John Drew
John Dryden
John Duns Scotus
John Eccles
John Edgar Hoover
John Edward Masefield
John Endecott
John Endicott
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fletcher
John Florio
John Ford
John Foster Dulles
John Galbraith
John Galsworthy (current term)
John Glenn
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Griffith Chaney
John Haldane
John Hancock
John Hancocks
John Hanning Speke
John Harvard
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Heming
John Hemminge
John Henry
John Henry Newman
John Henry O'Hara

Literary usage of John Galsworthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"... John Galsworthy John Galsworthy is a dramatist with a tremendous sense of life. More than any other English writer of the present generation, ..."

2. Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and Estimates by Helen Thomas Follett, Wilson Follett (1918)
"Mr. John Galsworthy stands practically alone among latter-day novelists, as the social philosopher who, however often he delivers his one message, ..."

3. The British and American Drama of To-day: Outlines for Their Study by Barrett Harper Clark (1921)
"... John Galsworthy John Galsworthy was born at Coombe, Surrey, in 1867. He received his education first at Harrow, then at Oxford, from which he was ..."

4. A Short History of the English Drama by Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1921)
"John Galsworthy.—Like Barrie in that he is successful both as dramatist and novelist, but more like Shaw in his emphasis on social problems, ..."

5. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"Diagnosis of the Englishman By John Galsworthy This article originally appeared In the ... John Galsworthy."

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