Thorndike
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname from Old English.
A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
Thorndike, Mount View Elementary School library, 1 p.m., Patricia Pendergast.
Edward Thorndike Edward Thorndike (1874–1949) supported the scientific movement in education.
In the United States, Edward Lee Thorndike initiated " connectionism " studies by trapping animals in "puzzle boxes" and rewarding them for escaping.
That same year, Professor Herbert N. Shenton and Dr. Edward L. Thorndike became influential in IALA's work by authoring key studies in the interlinguistic field.
The cast featured Daniel Thorndike (the author's son), Michael Fields, Steven Povey and Ben Barton, along with various amateurs from the area.
Thorndike, L. p. 294 et seq "The History of Medieval Europe, Third Edition", Houghton, Mifflin, 1956 Because of political necessity, the Holy Roman Emperors were restrained from directly naming bishops in the kingdom.