swap_horiz Zsigmond Simonyi Alternatives

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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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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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Shimmura Izuru

Shimmura Izuru was a Japanese linguist and lexicographer recognized for his foundational work in documenting the Japanes...

Japanese General Historical 19TH 20TH Century

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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Émile Littré

Émile Littré was a prominent French lexicographer best known for his comprehensive Dictionnaire de la langue française....

French General Historical Past

9.0 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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Nicola Zingarelli

Nicola Zingarelli was an Italian philologist, teacher, and lexicographer best known for creating one of the most widely...

Italian General Historical 19TH 20TH Century

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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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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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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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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Adolf Tobler

Adolf Tobler was a 19th-century Swiss Romanist specializing in lexicography. His extensive work focused on classical and...

German Classical 19TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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Matthias de Vries

Matthias de Vries was a pioneering 19th-century Dutch lexicographer. His work fundamentally influenced the creation of t...

Comprehensive 19TH Century Historical Dutch

8.4 Great

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Niccolò Tommaseo

Niccolò Tommaseo was a prominent 19th-century Italian lexicographer. He is best known for his ambitious project creating...

Italian Comprehensive 19TH Century General

8.3 Great

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John Ogilvie

John Ogilvie was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for compiling "The Imperial Dictionary of the English...

19TH Century General Historical Scottish

7.9 Good

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Gábor Szarvas

Gábor Szarvas was a Hungarian linguist and lexicographer who lived from 1832 to 1895. In 1872, he founded the periodical...

Hungarian 19TH Century General Historical

7.8 Good

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Johan Ernst Rietz

Johan Ernst Rietz was a 19th-century Swedish philologist, dialectologist, and lexicographer. His most significant academ...

19TH Century General Historical Swedish

7.8 Good

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Niels Matthias Petersen

Niels Matthias Petersen was a nineteenth-century Danish philologist, historian, and scholar of Nordic languages and lite...

Danish 19TH Century General Historical

7.6 Good