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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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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (c. 754 – c. 815) was an 8th-century scholar from Basra. He is primarily known for his *...

Classical Early Arabic Past

9.5 Brilliant

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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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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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Mahmud al-Kashgari

Mahmud al-Kashgari was a 11th-century lexicographer who created the *Diwan Lughat al-Turk*. This seminal work, produced...

Classical Arabic Past Turkic

9.4 Excellent

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Noah Webster

Noah Webster was a prominent 19th-century American lexicographer. He developed standardized spellings and definitions fo...

American English Past Webster

9.4 Excellent

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Ibn Manzur

Ibn Manzur (d. 1294) was a prominent Islamic scholar and lexicographer renowned for his monumental work, Lisan al-Arab....

Classical Arabic Past Lisan

9.3 Excellent

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Aristophanes of Byzantium

Aristophanes of Byzantium was a lexicographer living in Alexandria during the Hellenistic period. He significantly contr...

Classical Ancient Greek Past

9.0 Excellent

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Wang Li

Wang Li was a prominent 20th-century Chinese lexicographer. His work significantly advanced understanding of Chinese wor...

Modern Chinese Past Word Families

8.8 Great

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Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison was a Scottish Protestant missionary and lexicographer who produced the first Chinese-English dictionary...

English Chinese Bilingual Past

8.4 Great

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Hesychius of Alexandria

Hesychius of Alexandria was a Greek grammarian, likely active in the 5th or 6th century, who compiled a comprehensive le...

Ancient Greek Lexicon Past

8.2 Great

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Adolf Erman

Johann Peter Adolf Erman was a prominent German Egyptologist who made foundational contributions to the study of ancient...

Ancient Lexicon Egyptian Past

8.0 Great

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Verrius Flaccus

Verrius Flaccus was a prominent Roman grammarian and teacher who lived during the reign of Emperor Augustus. He is best...

Ancient Latin Past Orthography

8.0 Great

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James Legge

James Legge (1815–1897) was a Scottish sinologist and missionary who served as the first Professor of Chinese at the Uni...

English Chinese Bilingual Past

7.8 Good

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Julius Pollux

Julius Pollux was a Greek rhetorician, grammarian, and sophist from Naucratis who taught in Athens during the 2nd centur...

Ancient Greek Past Thesaurus

7.8 Good

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Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang was a highly influential Chinese writer, translator, and linguist known for bridging Eastern and Western cult...

English Chinese Bilingual Past

7.7 Good

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Nonius Marcellus

Nonius Marcellus was a late Roman grammarian and antiquarian, generally placed in the fourth century. His surviving work...

Ancient Lexicon Latin Past

7.5 Good

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Sextus Pompeius Festus

Sextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman grammarian and lexicographer who probably worked during the second century CE. His su...

Ancient Latin Past Etymology

7.4 Good

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Samuel Wells Williams

Samuel Wells Williams was an American missionary, diplomat, sinologist, and linguist who spent much of his career workin...

English Chinese Past Cantonese

7.3 Good

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Philitas of Cos

Philitas of Cos was an ancient Greek scholar and poet associated with the early Hellenistic period. He is known as the a...

Ancient Greek Past Glossary

7.2 Good