Mathew Brady
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- proper noun
- /ˈmæθju ˈbreɪdi/
- Mathew Brady is renowned for his extensive photographic documentation of the American Civil War.
Examples
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The striking images taken by Mathew Brady have shaped how we view 19th-century history.
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The famous photographer Mathew Brady captured many iconic images.
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A collection of Mathew Brady's portraits was exhibited at the national gallery.
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Mathew Brady was a pioneer.
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Mathew Brady is renowned for his extensive photographic documentation of the American Civil War.
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A collection of Mathew Brady's portraits was exhibited at the national gallery.
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The striking images taken by Mathew Brady have shaped how we view 19th-century history.
Synonyms
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An American photographer known as the Union's official photographer who took famous Civil War portraits
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mathew + Brady
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; the constituent tokens 'Mathew' and 'Brady' are personal names with no compositional lexical meaning that would indicate 'pioneering American photographer' or Civil War association. A B1 learner who knows the name parts would not be able to derive the referential biographical information from them, so the expression is non-compositional and unpredictable.
Etymology
Mathew Brady was a 19th-century American photographer who traveled to Civil War battlefields with large cameras to take portraits of soldiers and leaders. His powerful images helped people see the reality of the war, so his name is now linked to 'early war photography' and important historical pictures.