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E.A. Andrews

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Ethan Allen Andrews (1787-1858) was an American educator and lexicographer who specialized in Latin. His 1850 Latin-English lexicon was based on Wilhelm Freund's Latin-German dictionary, which itself drew on earlier lexicographical work. Andrews's translation and adaptation became part of the editorial lineage leading to A Latin Dictionary, the reference work later known as Lewis and Short.

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Who was E.A. Andrews?

E.A. Andrews was Ethan Allen Andrews, an American educator and lexicographer who lived from 1787 to 1858. He specialized in Latin and published schoolbooks as well as major Latin reference works.

What dictionary is E.A. Andrews best known for?

Andrews is associated with A Copious and Critical Latin-English Lexicon, based on Wilhelm Freund's larger Latin-German lexicon. The work became an important predecessor to Lewis and Short's A Latin Dictionary.

How is Andrews connected to Lewis and Short?

Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short later revised and expanded the English tradition that grew from Andrews's 1850 translation of Freund. Lewis and Short's dictionary was therefore not an unrelated replacement, but part of the same nineteenth-century lexicographical lineage.

Was E.A. Andrews primarily a Latin scholar or a general dictionary writer?

His published reference work centered on Latin, and he also wrote Latin grammars, readers, and classroom texts. His 1850 lexicon is the clearest reason he remains known in the history of classical-language dictionaries.

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