Lartet, the honour of having been the first to proclaim the high antiquity of the human species must be attributed to Aime Boue, a French geologist residing in Germany.
To Luther, however, belongs the honour of having been the first to tread the new philological paths with a German version.
Luther may have plumed himself on having been the first to revive a right understanding of and respect for the secular authority, but that “the indefensibility of this and similar claims has long since been demonstrated.
Thomas Savery is entitled to the credit of having been the first to introduce a machine in which the power of heat, acting through the medium of steam, was rendered generally useful.
Although meeting a gale of wind, he arrived at Philadelphia safely, having been the first to trust himself on the open sea in a vessel relying entirely upon steam-power.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "having been the first" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
