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
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.
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