Toynbee

Toynbee

Toynbee is a surname, and can refer to (in chronological order):

* Joseph Toynbee, British physician, pioneer of otolaryngology,
* Arnold Toynbee, British economist, son of Joseph Toynbee
* Arnold Joseph Toynbee, British historian, nephew of Arnold Toynbee
* Philip Toynbee, British writer and son of Arnold Joseph Toynbee
* Polly Toynbee, British journalist and writer, daughter of Philip Toynbee
* Mortimer Toynbee, the real name of X-Men character Toad

ee also

* Toynbee Hall, a settlement in London inspired by and named in honour of Arnold Toynbee
* "The Toynbee Convector", a time-travel story by Ray Bradbury, vaguely based on the philosophy of Arnold Joseph Toynbee
* Toynbee tiles, mysterious tiles embedded in the streets of a number of US and South American cities


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  • Toynbee — ist der Familienname folgender Personen Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), britischer Volkswirtschaftler und Sozialreformer Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975), britischer Geschichtsphilosoph, Neffe von Arnold Toynbee Jocelyn Toynbee (1887–1985),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • TOYNBEE (A. J.) — Genre mal défini et peu rigoureux, la «philosophie de l’histoire» suscite la méfiance des historiens, des sociologues, des anthropologues, des épistémologues des sciences humaines, mais elle garde tout son pouvoir d’attraction sur un vaste public …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Toynbee —   [ tɔɪnbɪ], Arnold Joseph, britischer Historiker, Kulturtheoretiker und Geschichtsphilosoph, * London 14. 4. 1889, ✝ York 22. 10. 1975, Neffe des britischen Sozialreformers Arnold Toynbee (* 1852, ✝ 1883); 1919 24 Professor für Byzantinistik und …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Toynbee — Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Arnold Joseph …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Toynbee — (izg. tòjnbi), Arnold Joseph (1889 1975) DEFINICIJA engleski povjesničar, autor kapitalne sinteze Proučavanje povijesti u 10 tomova; analizom 26 različitih civilizacija dolazi do univerzalne povijesne koncepcije s osnovnom tezom da civilizacije… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Toynbee — [toin′bē] Arnold J(oseph) 1889 1975; Eng. historian …   English World dictionary

  • Toynbee — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Astronomie 2 Littérature 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Toynbee — Recorded as Tanby, Tenby, Tinby, Tonbye, Townby, Toynbee, and probably others, this is an Anglo Welsh locational surname. It is believed to originate from the Pembrokeshire town of Tenby, a region which used to be known as Little England or… …   Surnames reference

  • Toynbee — noun English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889 1975) • Syn: ↑Arnold Toynbee, ↑Arnold Joseph Toynbee • Instance Hypernyms: ↑historian, ↑historiographer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Toynbee — /ˈtɔɪnbi/ (say toynbee) noun Arnold Joseph, 1889–1975, English historian …  

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