swap_horiz Thomas Richards Alternatives

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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

2

Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522) was a Spanish Renaissance humanist and scholar associated with the University of Salamanc...

Spanish Historical Bilingual 15TH 16TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Salvatore Battaglia

Salvatore Battaglia was an Italian academic and lexicographer best known for editing the Grande dizionario della lingua...

Italian 20TH Century Multi Volume Historical

9.3 Excellent

10

Jan de Vries

Jan de Vries was a 20th-century Dutch linguist renowned for his authoritative etymological dictionaries of Old Norse and...

20TH Century Historical Dutch Germanic Etymological

9.2 Excellent

11

Lev Scherba

Lev Vladimirovich Scherba was a prominent Russian and Soviet linguist who made significant contributions to the study of...

Russian 20TH Century Theoretical Bilingual

9.2 Excellent

12

Samuel Bogumił Linde

Samuel Bogumił Linde (1739-1806) was a Polish lexicographer renowned for his ambitious and influential *Słownik języka p...

Polish 18TH Century Comprehensive Historical

8.7 Great

13

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

14

Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye

Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (1697–1781) was a French historian, philologist, and antiquary known for his...

18TH Century French Historical Medieval French

8.5 Great

15

R.J. Thomas

R. J. Thomas was a Welsh lexicographer who organized the editorial work for Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, the University of...

Comprehensive 20TH Century Welsh Historical

8.5 Great

16

Edward O'Reilly

Edward O'Reilly was an Irish scholar who compiled An Irish-English Dictionary, published in Dublin in 1817, one of the n...

19TH Century Historical Pioneering Irish

7.6 Good

17

John Davies

John Davies of Mallwyd was a Welsh cleric and scholar who played a foundational role in the preservation and standardiza...

Welsh Latin Bilingual Past

7.5 Good

18

Daniel Silvan Evans

Daniel Silvan Evans was a Welsh clergyman, scholar, translator, and lexicographer who worked extensively on the Welsh la...

Welsh English Bilingual Past

7.2 Good

19

William Owen Pughe

William Owen Pughe was an 18th- and 19th-century Welsh antiquarian and lexicographer. He is best known for compiling "A...

18TH Century Comprehensive Welsh Pioneering

6.7 Fair

20

William Kenrick

William Kenrick was an English writer, critic, and lexicographer active in the eighteenth century. His A New Dictionary...

18TH Century Historical British English

6.7 Fair