Henry Nicol
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Henry Nicol was a philologist specialized in French phonology. Cousin of Henry Sweet, Nicol was persuaded in 1871 by Frederick James Furnivall
to take over the editorship of OED but was prevented by ill health and other problems to do so.
Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick James Furnivall , one of the co-creators of the Oxford English Dictionary , was an English philologist...
to take over the editorship of OED but was prevented by ill health and other problems to do so.