Barnard (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. South African surgeon: performed first successful human-heart transplant 1967.
  2. U.S. astronomer.
  3. U.S. educator and advocate of higher education for women: president of Columbia University 1864–89.
  4. U.S. sculptor.
  5. U.S. educator.
  6. a male given name.
noun
  1. Christiaan (Neethling). 1923–2001, South African surgeon, who performed the first human heart transplant (1967)
  2. Edward Emerson . 1857–1923, US astronomer: noted for his discovery of the fifth satellite of Jupiter and his discovery of comets, nebulae, and a red dwarf (1916)
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