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Rasmus Christian Rask was a 19th-century Danish linguist who significantly advanced comparative linguistics and compiled foundational dictionaries of Old Norse.
Friedrich Christian Diez was a German philologist whose 1853 Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages helped found Romance philology.
Friedrich Kluge was a German linguist whose Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, first issued in 1883, became a standard etymological dictionary.
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke was an influential Swiss philologist whose 1911 *Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch* remains a foundational dictionary for Romance language etymology.
John Jamieson was a Scottish minister and lexicographer whose 1808 Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language became a Scots standard.
Philip Durkin is a British lexicographer and etymologist known for OED etymology work and The Oxford Guide to Etymology, published in 2009.
The Allusionist is an educational podcast hosted by Helen Zaltzman that explores the history, evolution, and quirks of the English language.
Robert K. Barnhart (1933-2007) was an American lexicographer who edited The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology in 1988 and three New English volumes.
Gilles Ménage was a French scholar whose 1650 work *Origines de la langue française* established him as a pioneering figure in historical lexicography and etymology.
Sextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman grammarian whose abridgment of Verrius Flaccus preserved rare Latin words and antiquarian lore.
Władysław Kopaliński was a Polish lexicographer (1907-2007) known for dictionaries of foreign words, myths, and symbols used in Poland.
Susie Dent is an English lexicographer and etymologist notable for Countdown's Dictionary Corner on Channel 4, where she first appeared in 1992.
Stephen Skinner was an English scholar whose 1671 Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae was an early attempt at an etymological English dictionary.
