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James Murray

James Murray dedicated his life to documenting the history of the English language. As chief editor of the Oxford Englis...

Historical English Past Oed

9.7 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

3

Mikhail Vasmer

Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer (1886–1962), known in Russian as Mikhail Vasmer, was a linguist and Slavist born in Saint Pe...

20TH Century Historical Slavic Russian German

9.5 Brilliant

4

Walter William Skeat

Walter William Skeat (1835–1912) was a prominent English philologist who served as the Elrington and Bosworth Professor...

Historical British 19TH 20TH Century Philological

9.4 Excellent

5

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

6

Walter Skeat

Walter Skeat was a British lexicographer renowned for his meticulous study of Old English and Anglo-Saxon roots. His Ety...

British Victorian English Anglo Saxon

9.1 Excellent

7

Thomas Northcote Toller

Thomas Northcote Toller was a British lexicographer specializing in Anglo-Saxon English. He is notable for his meticulou...

Historical British Victorian English

8.7 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

9

Joseph Bosworth

Joseph Bosworth was a British lexicographer working during the Victorian era. He focused on historical English and Anglo...

Historical British Victorian English

8.5 Great

10

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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Đuro Daničić

Đuro Daničić was a 19th-century Serbian lexicographer whose meticulous work significantly advanced Slavic linguistics. H...

19TH Century Historical Serbian Etymological

8.3 Great

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Alexander MacBain

Alexander MacBain was a 19th-century Scottish Gaelic lexicographer who created an exhaustive etymological dictionary. Hi...

19TH Century Historical Celtic Etymological

8.0 Great

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John R. Clark Hall

John R. Clark Hall was a British philologist and scholar of Old English whose work aided the study of early medieval lan...

20TH Century Historical British English

7.8 Good

14

John Ayto

John Ayto is a British lexicographer whose work focuses on English etymology, slang, idioms, and culinary vocabulary. He...

Contemporary British English Slang

7.8 Good

15

Michael Quinion

Michael Quinion is a British etymologist and writer known for creating and maintaining World Wide Words, a website dedic...

Contemporary British Digital English

7.6 Good

16

Eric Stanley

Eric Gerald Stanley was a German-born British academic and lexicographer who specialized in Old English and Anglo-Saxon...

20TH Century Historical British English

7.6 Good

17

John Minsheu

John Minsheu (1560-1627) was an English lexicographer who authored 'A Guide into Tongues' in 1617, one of the earliest m...

Historical British Polyglot 17TH Century

7.6 Good

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John Hotten

John Camden Hotten was a 19th-century English publisher, bookseller, and lexicographer. He is best known for compiling t...

19TH Century Historical British Slang

7.5 Good

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Bernadette Paton

Bernadette Paton is a British lexicographer associated with OED and Australian English work, notable as a professional h...

Contemporary Historical British English

7.3 Good

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William Kenrick

William Kenrick was an English writer who published "A New Dictionary of the English Language" in 1773, acting as a dire...

18TH Century Historical British English

6.7 Fair