swap_horiz William Grant Alternatives

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Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija (1441-1522) brought Renaissance humanist scholarship to the study of Latin and Castilian Spanish. Ass...

Spanish Historical Bilingual 15TH 16TH Century

9.55 Brilliant

2

Duan Yucai

Across the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Qing dynasty scholar Duan Yucai advanced the study of historical C...

Classical Historical Chinese 18TH 19TH Century

9.52 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

9.48 Excellent

4

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

9.47 Excellent

5

Heinrich Gesenius

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (1786-1842) was a German orientalist, theologian and biblical scholar whose career c...

German 19TH Century Historical Biblical

9.45 Excellent

6

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

9.38 Excellent

7

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

9.12 Excellent

8

Ōtsuki Fumihiko

Ōtsuki Fumihiko was a prominent Japanese lexicographer and scholar of the English language during the Meiji era. He is b...

Modern Japanese Historical 19TH 20TH Century

9.03 Excellent

9

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce was an American Civil War veteran, journalist, and author known for his cynical and macabre short stories...

American Historical Satirical 19TH 20TH Century

8.96 Great

10

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

8.84 Great

11

David Murison

David Dalrymple Murison (1913–1997) was a Scottish lexicographer who served as editor of the *Scottish National Dictiona...

20TH Century Historical Scottish Scots

8.72 Great

12

William Chester Minor

William Chester Minor (1834–1920) was an American surgeon who became one of the most prolific volunteer contributors to...

American Historical Volunteer 19TH 20TH Century

8.44 Great

13

Alexander Preobrazhensky

Alexander Preobrazhensky was a Russian philologist and lexicographer who specialized in the linguistic history of the Sl...

Russian Historical 19TH 20TH Century Etymological

8.36 Great

14

John Stephen Farmer

John Stephen Farmer was a British lexicographer and author known for his comprehensive work in documenting non-standard...

Historical British Slang 19TH 20TH Century

8.18 Great

15

Cândido de Figueiredo

Cândido de Figueiredo (1846-1925) was a Portuguese philologist, grammarian, writer, and lexicographer. His principal ref...

Historical Portuguese 19TH 20TH Century Monolingual

8.15 Great

16

Lazăr Șăineanu

Lazăr Șăineanu (1859–1934) was a prominent Romanian philologist, linguist, and historian of literature. He is best known...

General Historical Romanian Descriptive

8.04 Great

17

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

7.92 Good

18

John Jamieson

John Jamieson (1759-1838) was a Scottish minister and lexicographer who served in various parishes throughout Scotland....

Historical Past Etymology Scots

7.44 Good

19

Adam Jack Aitken

Adam Jack Aitken was a Scottish lexicographer and scholar whose work concentrated on the history, vocabulary, and region...

Historical Past Dialect Scots

6.95 Fair

20

Elias Molee

Elias Molee was an American lexicographer and linguist associated with the constructed language Tutonish. He proposed Tu...

American Germanic Historical 19TH 20TH Century

4.78 Poor