Almost 130 years after Alfred Nobel’s death, the prize named after him continues to be among the world’s most coveted honours, recognising extraordinary achievements in fields such as physics, ...
MSN: India’s Nobel Prize paradox: A long gap for laureates and why Mahatma Gandhi remains the most famous non-winner
India’s Nobel Prize paradox: A long gap for laureates and why Mahatma Gandhi remains the most famous non-winner
The demise of Raila Odinga overshadowed the announcement of this year’s Nobel prizes. Why can’t a Kenyan sponsor such prizes and immortalise his or her name? What are our national prizes for those who ...
Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of". The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them ...
american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English Language ...
Places, roads, streets etc., get named after famous people, too. Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them. But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way. Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?
A word for the person after whom someone or something is named