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Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm was a prominent German lexicographer and philologist. He is best known for his extensive work on the Deutsch...

German Historical Past Grimm

9.5 Brilliant

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Heinrich Gesenius

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (1786–1842) was a German orientalist, theologian, and biblical scholar who served as...

German 19TH Century Historical Biblical

9.5 Brilliant

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Al-Zabidi

Muhammad Murtada al-Zabidi was an 18th-century Arab lexicographer and scholar best known for compiling the "Taj al-Arus,...

Classical 18TH Century Historical Arabic

9.5 Brilliant

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Duan Yucai

Duan Yucai was an 18th-century Chinese philologist of the Qing Dynasty whose work significantly advanced the study of hi...

Classical Historical Chinese 18TH 19TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Wilhelm Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm was a 19th-century German lexicographer instrumental in establishing modern German dictionaries. He collab...

German 19TH Century Historical Pioneering

9.2 Excellent

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Richard Chenevix Trench

Richard Chenevix Trench was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ire...

19TH Century Historical British Ecclesiastical

9.2 Excellent

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Wilhelm Gesenius

Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1830) was a German scholar renowned for his meticulous work in biblical lexicography. His *Hebrew...

German 19TH Century Biblical Hebrew

9.1 Excellent

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro was a Roman scholar and writer whose extensive work covered topics ranging from agriculture to an...

Classical Historical Latin 1ST Century Bce

9.1 Excellent

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Frédéric Godefroy

Frédéric Godefroy was a 19th-century French philologist, historian, and lexicographer born in 1826. He is best known for...

French 19TH Century Medieval Historical

9.1 Excellent

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John Chadwick

John Chadwick (1920-1998) was an English classical scholar, linguist, and lexicographer who worked with Michael Ventris...

Classical 20TH Century Historical English

9.1 Excellent

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Nicolò Tommaseo

Nicolò Tommaseo (1802–1884) was an Italian writer, linguist, and lexicographer born in Šibenik, on the Dalmatian coast,...

Italian 19TH Century General Historical

9.0 Excellent

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John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1820–1905) was an American bookseller and publisher who owned the Harvard Cooperative bookstore in Cambri...

American 19TH Century Historical Regional

8.8 Great

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Gudbrand Vigfusson

Gudbrand Vigfusson was a 19th-century Icelandic scholar based at Oxford University. He is primarily known for his extens...

19TH Century Historical Icelandic Bilingual

8.7 Great

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Justus Georg Schottelius

Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676) was a German poet and grammarian who played a significant role in the standardizati...

German German Language Historical 17TH Century

8.6 Great

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Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838–1907) was a Romanian writer, philologist, and lexicographer. He served as a professor at...

19TH Century Historical Romanian Philological

8.6 Great

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Friedrich Kluge

Friedrich Kluge was a German linguist and lexicographer whose work significantly influenced Germanic philology. He is be...

German Historical Past Etymology

8.5 Great

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Richard Cleasby

Richard Cleasby was a 19th-century British lexicographer renowned for his pioneering work on Old Norse and Icelandic lan...

19TH Century Historical British Icelandic

8.5 Great

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Caspar von Stieler

Caspar von Stieler was a 17th-century German scholar, poet, and lexicographer. He is best known for publishing the 1691...

German Baroque Historical 17TH Century

8.5 Great

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Johann Andreas Schmeller

Johann Andreas Schmeller was a 19th-century German lexicographer primarily known for his meticulous work on Bavarian dia...

German 19TH Century Historical Bavarian

8.4 Great

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Robert Atkinson

Robert Atkinson was an Irish linguist and lexicographer associated with Trinity College Dublin. He served as a professor...

Classical 19TH Century Historical Irish

7.9 Good