luminaries
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The Vaughan and Athenaeum portraits were an immediate hit and became the templates: Over time, Stuart would paint over 100 of them, including for such international luminaries as Viscount Cremorne, Benjamin West and Aaron Burr.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Pope Leo recently issued an encyclical on AI that built on the work last September of a panel of Nobel laureates, tech specialists and other luminaries the Vatican had assembled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
When I started The Swell newsletter last December, I wanted the bonus culture recommendation to start with Salon’s staff before incorporating other experts, journalists and industry luminaries as guests.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
He handles the fine arts beat as well, talking to such luminaries as photographer Annie Leibovitz and painter David Hockney.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Not only did he answer my letter, but he included his response in his autobiography, sandwiched between letters to Nehru, Khrushchev, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other luminaries.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
