List of lexicographers
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The following are lexicographers, people who specialise in the theory and practice of dictionary making (see Lexicography
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Lexicography
Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
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- Ivar AasenIvar AasenIvar Andreas Aasen was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet.-Background:...
(Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language - Ilia AbuladzeIlia AbuladzeIlia Abuladze was a distinguished Georgian historian, philologist and public figure, a Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences , Meritorious Science Worker of Georgia , Doctor of Philological Sciences , Professor .Abuladze was born in a small village in Imereti...
(Georgia, 1901–1968) Ancient Georgian - Johann Christoph AdelungJohann Christoph AdelungJohann Christoph Adelung was a German grammarian and philologist.He was born at Spantekow, in Western Pomerania, and educated at schools in Anklam and Berge Monastery, Magdeburg, and the University of Halle...
(Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary - George J. AdlerGeorge J. AdlerGeorge J. Adler was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedictorian from New York University in 1844...
(Germany/USA, 1821–1868) German and English languages - Robert AinsworthRobert Ainsworth (lexicographer)Robert Ainsworth was an English Latin lexicographer, and author of the well-known compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. He was born at Eccles, near Salford, Lancashire in September 1660...
(UK, 1660–1743) Latin language - Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language dictionary
- John Michael AllabyJohn Michael AllabyJohn Michael Allaby is an Aventis Junior prize winning author. He was born September 18, 1933, in Belper, Derbyshire in England.He was a police cadet from 1949 to 1951. After that served in the RAF from 1951 to 1954, becoming a pilot. After leaving the RAF, he worked as an actor from 1954 to 1964...
(UK, born 1933) English LSP dictionary - Anthony Allen (UK, 16...–1754) English language dictionary of obsolete words
- Robert AllenRobert AllenRobert Allen may refer to:*Robert Allen , American Congressman from Tennessee*Robert Allen , American Congressman from Virginia*Robert Allen , American Civil War general...
(UK, ?...–...) English language general dictionary - AmeriasAmeriasAmerias was an ancient Macedonian lexicographer, known for his compilation of a glossary titled Glossai...
(Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian - Ethan Allen AndrewsEthan Allen AndrewsEthan Allen Andrews was an American educator. He was born in Connecticut and graduated at Yale in 1810. He practiced law for several years, then was professor in the University of North Carolina of ancient languages, after which he taught at New Haven and Boston...
(USA, 1787–1858) Latin language - Vladimir AnićVladimir AnicVladimir Anić was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer, best known as the author of Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika , the first modern single-volume dictionary of Croatian language....
(Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian language general dictionary - Aristophanes of ByzantiumAristophanes of ByzantiumAristophanes of Byzantium was a Greek scholar, critic and grammarian, particularly renowned for his work in Homeric scholarship, but also for work on other classical authors such as Pindar and Hesiod. Born in Byzantium about 257 BC, he soon moved to Alexandria and studied under Zenodotus,...
(Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek - Sue AtkinsB. T. S. AtkinsBeryl T. Atkins has been a professional lexicographer since 1966, first with Collins Publishers , where she was General Editor of the first 'modern' English-French dictionary, the Collins-Robert English-French Dictionary, then as Lexicographic Adviser to Oxford University Press, where she...
(UK, ?...–...) English and French bilingual dictionary - Ali AzaykouAli AzaykouAli Sidqi Azaykou , also called Dda Ali, was a Moroccan Berber poet, historian, philosopher and critic.He was an active partisan for the rights of the Berbers in Morocco.»...
(Morocco, 1942–2004) Arabic and Berber languages
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- Francis BaconFrancis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
(UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science - Nathan BaileyNathan BaileyNathan Bailey was an English philologist and lexicographer.-Life:Bailey was a Seventh Day Baptist, admitted 1691 to a congregation in Whitechapel, London. He was probably excluded from the congregation by 1718. Later he had a school at Stepney...
(UK, 1691–1742) English language - Johannes BalbusJohn of GenoaJohn of Genoa or Johannes Balbus was an Italian grammarian and Dominican priest.At an advanced age, John gave away his wealth to the poor of Genoa and entered the Order of St Dominic...
(Italy, ...–1298) Latin language - Frederick W. BallerFrederick W. BallerFrederick William Baller was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, Chinese linguist, translator, educator and sinologist.- Missionary career:...
(UK, 1852–1922) Chinese language - Katherine BarberKatherine BarberKatherine Patricia Mary Barber is a Canadian lexicographer and was previously Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary....
(Canada, born 1959) English language - Edmund Henry BarkerEdmund Henry BarkerEdmund Henry Barker was an English classical scholar.-Life:He was born at Hollym in Yorkshire. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1807, and in 1809 won the Browne medal for Greek and Latin epigrams...
(UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages - Clarence BarnhartClarence BarnhartClarence Lewis Barnhart was an American lexicographer best known for writing the Thorndike-Barnhart series of graded dictionaries, which were based on word lists developed by psychological theorist Edward Thorndike....
(USA, 1900–1993) English language general dictionary - David BarnhartDavid BarnhartDavid K. Barnhart is an American lexicographer who specializes in new words. He began his career helping his father, Clarence Barnhart, edit the Thorndike-Barnhart dictionary series....
(USA, 1941–) English language - Robert BarnhartRobert BarnhartRobert K. Barnhart was an American lexicographer and editor of various specialized dictionaries. He was co-editor, with his father Clarence Barnhart, on some editions of the Thorndike-Barnhart dictionaries and The World Book Dictionary...
(USA, 1933–2007) English language - Louis BarralLouis Barral-Lexicographical writings:He was the joint author, with Suzanne Simone, of a French–Monégasque Dictionary . This work complements Louis Frolla's Monégasque–French Dictionary ....
(France, 1910–1999) French and Monegassian languages - Grant BarrettGrant BarrettGrant Barrett is an American lexicographer, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage. He is also co-host and co-producer of the nationwide public radio show A Way With Words, and editor of the Official Dictionary of Unofficial English , the Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang Grant...
(USA, born 1970) English language dictionary of slang - Delfin Carbonell BassetDelfin Carbonell BassetDelfin Carbonell Basset is a contemporary lexicographer in the United States and creator of the Unialphabet system.- Biography :Carbonell Basset was born in Spain in 1949. He was educated in the US, in Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa. and later joined the faculty of Franklin & Marshall...
(Spain/USA, born 1938) Spanish and English languages - Marcos E. BecerraMarcos E. BecerraMarcos E. Becerra was a prolific Mexican writer, poet, and politician. He produced pioneering historical, linguistic, philological, and ethnographic studies relating to his country's pre-Columbian and early colonial past. He held important posts in the Mexican Federal Government as well as in the...
(Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language - Richard BeckettRichard BeckettRichard Beckett was an Australian author and journalist.Beckett was a founding staffer of Nation Review, an irreverent and ground-breaking Sunday newspaper, nicknamed 'The Ferret', launched in 1970 by Gordon Barton. Beckett was its irascible and entertaining food columnist for eight years, using...
(Australia, 1936–1987) English language food guides - William BedwellWilliam BedwellWilliam Bedwell was an English priest and scholar, specializing in Arabic and other "oriental" languages as well as in mathematics....
(UK, 1561–1632) Arabic language - Ivan BelostenecIvan BelostenecIvan Belostenec was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.-Life:In 1616. he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome...
(Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin languages - Henning BergenholtzHenning BergenholtzHenning John Bergenholtz is a Danish linguist, who is head of Center for Lexicography at Aarhus School of Business in Denmark. Professor Bergenholtz has contributed to lexicography as a science with publications on theoretical lexicography as well as several printed and electronic...
(Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary - Eric BlomEric BlomEric Walter Blom CBE was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, musicologist, music critic, music biographer and translator. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians .-Biography:Blom was born in Berne, Switzerland...
(Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary - Thomas BlountThomas Blount (lexicographer)Thomas Blount was an English antiquarian and lexicographer.-Background:He was the son of Myles Blount of Orleton in Herefordshire and was born at Bordesley, Tardebigge, Worcestershire...
(UK, 1618–1679) English language - Robert BlustRobert BlustRobert A. Blust is a prominent linguist in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. Blust specializes in the Austronesian languages and has made major contributions to the field of Austronesian linguistics....
(USA, ...) Austronesian languages - Jean-Baptiste BoissiereJean-Baptiste BoissièreJean-Baptiste-Prudence Boissière was a French lexicographer born in Valognes, Manche, France. He was the editor of the Dictionnaire analogique de la langue française , published by Larousse in 1862. It was, in effect, the first thesaurus of the French language....
(France, 1806–1885) French language thesaurus - Peter BowlerPeter BowlerPeter Bowler is an Australian lexicographer and author of The Superior Person's Book of Words, The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words, and The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-Bred Words...
(Australia, ...) English language - Abel BoyerAbel BoyerAbel Boyer was a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.-Biography:Abel Boyer was probably born on 24 June 1667 at Castres, in Upper Languedoc. His father, Pierre Boyer, one of the two consuls or chief magistrates of Castres, had been suspended and fined for his...
(France, c.1667–1729) French and English languages - Dan Beach BradleyDan Beach BradleyDan Beach Bradley M.D. was an American Protestant missionary to Siam from 1835 until his death. He is credited with numerous firsts, including bringing the first Thai-script printing press to Siam, publishing the first Thai newspaper and monolingual Thai dictionary, and introducing Western...
(USA, 1845–1923) Siamese language - Henry BradleyHenry BradleyHenry Bradley was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary .-Early life:...
(UK, 1845–1923) English language general dictionary - Jim BreenJim BreenJames William Breen is a Research Fellow at Monash University in Australia, where he was a professor in the area of telecommunications before his retirement in 2003...
(Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English languages - Ebenezer Cobham BrewerEbenezer Cobham BrewerThe Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer , was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and The Reader's Handbook, Victorian reference works.-Education and travels:E...
(UK, 1810–1897) English language - Francis BrinkleyFrancis BrinkleyFrancis Brinkley was an Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture, and an English-Japanese Dictionary...
(Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English languages - Nathan BrownNathan Brown (missionary)Nathan Brown was an American Baptist missionary to India and Japan, Bible translator, and abolitionist.-Early life and missions to Burma and Assam:...
(USA/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese languages - Aleksander BrücknerAleksander BrücknerAleksander Brückner was a Polish scholar of Slavic languages and literatures , philologist, lexicographer and historian of literature. He is among the most notable Slavicists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first to prepare complete monographs on the history of Polish language...
(Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German languages - Kazimieras BūgaKazimieras BugaKazimieras Būga was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language.He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russian Empire...
(Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian language - John BullokarJohn BullokarJohn Bullokar was an English physician and lexicographer. He was born in St Andrew's parish, Chichester, Sussex, and baptized there on November 8, 1574, third of four known children of Elizabeth and William Bullokar....
(UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words - Robert BurchfieldRobert BurchfieldRobert William Burchfield CNZM CBE was a scholar, writer, and lexicographer.Born in Wanganui, New Zealand, he studied at Wanganui Technical College and Victoria University in Wellington...
(New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical dictionary
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- Ambrogio CalepinoAmbrogio CalepinoAmbrogio Calepino , commonly known by the Latin form of his name, Calepinus, was an Italian lexicographer....
(Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin language - Angus CameronAngus CameronAngus Cameron was a Republican and a member of the United States Senate from Wisconsin from 1875 to 1881, when he did not seek reelection, and again from 1881 to 1885, when he was elected to succeed Matthew H. Carpenter, who died in office; he did not seek reelection in 1885...
(Canada, 1941–1983) English language - Joachim Heinrich CampeJoachim Heinrich CampeJoachim Heinrich Campe was a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher.- Life :...
(Germany, 1746–1818) German language - Emanuel Nunes CarvalhoEmanuel Nunes CarvalhoEmanuel Nunes Carvalho was an American Rabbi and Lexicographer.In 1799, Rabbi Nunes Carvalho secured employment as rabbi of the community in Bridgetown, Barbados. In 1806, he immigrated to the United States and taught Hebrew to Jewish children and Christian clergyman...
(UK/USA, 1771–1817) Hebrew language - Miguel CasiriMiguel CasiriMiguel Casiri was a learned Maronite and Orientalist. He was born in Tripoli, Lebanon . He studied at Rome, where he lectured on Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, philosophy and theology. In 1748 he went to Spain and was employed in the royal library at Madrid...
(Lebanon/Italy/Spain, 1710–1791) Arabic language - Edmund CastellEdmund CastellEdmund Castell was an English orientalist.He was born at Tadlow, in Cambridgeshire. At the age of fifteen he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1624-5 and his MA in 1628. Appointed Professor of Arabic in 1666, with the full title 'Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic'. He...
(UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages - Robert CawdreyRobert CawdreyRobert Cawdrey produced one of the first dictionaries of the English language, the Table Alphabeticall, in 1604.-Career:...
(UK, c. 1538–1604) English language - Pranas ČepėnasPranas CepenasPranas Čepėnas was a Lithuanian historian, encyclopedist, journalist, and lexicographer. In 1926 Čepėnas earned a diploma in history from University of Lithuania. He worked as professor of history at Vilnius University...
(Lithuania/USA, 1899–1980) Lithuanian language - Mohamed ChafikMohamed ChafikMohamed Chafik is a Moroccan writer and specialist in Berber language and literature.-Career:He is the author of a Berber-Arabic dictionary ....
(Morocco, born 1926) Berber language - Robert L. ChapmanRobert L. ChapmanRobert Lundquist Chapman was an American English professor who edited several dictionaries and thesauri....
(USA, 1920–2002) English language - Nikoloz CholokashviliNikoloz CholokashviliNikoloz Cholokashvili , known in Europe as Niceforo Irbachi, , was a Georgian Orthodox priest, politician and diplomat....
(Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian language - David ChubinashviliDavid ChubinashviliDavid Chubinashvili , otherwise known as David Yesseevich Chubinov by the Russified form of his name was a Georgian lexicographer, linguist and scholar of old Georgian literature....
(Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian language - Michael Chyet (USA, born 1957) Kurdish language
- CigerxwînCigerxwînCigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn was a renowned Kurdish polymath, and nationalist.He is known to be one of the most influential Kurdish writers and poets in the Kurdistan region of the Middle East, and his work has been renewed for the creation of hundreds of songs and played a crucial role in the...
(Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language - Nicolas CleynaertsNicolas CleynaertsNicolas Cleynaerts , Flemish grammarian and traveller, was born at Diest, in Brabant....
(Belgium/Spain, 1495–1542 Latin and Arabic languages - Henry CockeramHenry CockeramHenry Cockeram was an English lexicographer. In 1623, he authored the third known English Language dictionary, and the first to contain the title "dictionary"....
(UK, 17th century) English and Latin languages - Herbert ColeridgeHerbert ColeridgeHerbert "Herbie" Coleridge was a British philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the Oxford English Dictionary.-Biography:...
(UK, 1830–1861) English language historical dictionary - Elisha ColesElisha ColesElisha Coles was a 17th century English lexicographer and stenographer, chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1658-61; teacher of Latin and English in London, 1663; usher of Merchant Taylors School, 1677; master of Galway school, 1678....
(UK, c.1608–1688) English language - Thomas CooperThomas Cooper (bishop)Thomas Cooper was an English bishop, lexicographer, and writer.-Life:He was born in Oxford, where he was educated at Magdalen College...
(UK, c.1517–1594) English and Latin languages - Randle CotgraveRandle CotgraveRandle Cotgrave , may possibly be Randal, son of William Cotgreve of Christleton in Cheshire, who is mentioned in the pedigree of the Cotgreve family, contained in Harl. MS. 1500, fol...
(UK, ...–1634) English and French languages - John CraigJohn Craig (geologist)John Craig FGS was a Scottish geologist and lexicographer. He was lecturer in geology at Anderson's University, Glasgow, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. In 1849 he published a dictionary....
(UK, 1796–1880), English language - William CraigieWilliam CraigieSir William Alexander Craigie was a philologist and a lexicographer.A graduate of the University of St Andrews, he was the third editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and co-editor of the 1933 supplement. From 1916 to 1925 he was also Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the...
(UK/USA, 1867–1857) English language historical dictionary
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- Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
- Charles Anderson DanaCharles Anderson DanaCharles Anderson Dana was an American journalist, author, and government official, best known for his association with Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War and his aggressive political advocacy after the war....
(USA, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary - John DaviesJohn Davies (Mallwyd)Dr John Davies, Mallwyd was one of Wales's leading scholars of the late Renaissance. He wrote a Welsh grammar and dictionary. He was also a translator and editor and an ordained minister of the Church of England....
(Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin bilingual dictionary - Tomás de BhaldraitheTomás de BhaldraitheTomás de Bhaldraithe was an Irish language scholar and lexicographer born Thomas MacDonagh Waldron in Limerick. He moved to Dublin with his family at the age of five. He was named after Thomas MacDonagh one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, who had been executed after...
(Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English bilingual dictionary - William Quinby De Funiak (USA, 1901–1981) American and British English
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1959) Persian language general dictionary
- Philip DelaportePhilip DelaporteReverend Philip Adam Delaporte was a German born American Protestant missionary who translated numerous texts from German into Nauruan. Delaporte was sent to Nauru with his family in November 1899, and returned to America in 1917.-Missionary:...
(Germany/USA, ?...) German and Nauruan languages - Francesco della PennaFrancesco della PennaFrancesco Orazio Olivieri della Penna was a Capuchin missionary to Tibet who became prefect of the Tibetan Mission.Born in Pennabilli, Della Penna entered the Capuchin monastery of Pietrarubbia...
(Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual dictionary - Susie DentSusie DentSusie Dent is an English lexicographer, well known as the resident dictionary expert and adjudicator on Channel 4’s long-running game show Countdown. As of January 2009, she is the longest-serving member of the current on-screen team, having first appeared on the show in 1992.Dent was educated at...
(UK, born 1967) English language - Patrick S. DinneenPatrick S. DinneenPatrick Stephen Dinneen was an Irish lexicographer and historian.Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry. He was educated at Shrone and Meentogues National Schools and at St. Brendan's College in Killarney...
(Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual dictionary - Josef DobrovskýJosef DobrovskýJosef Dobrovský was a Bohemian philologist and historian, one of the most important figures of the Czech national revival.- Life & Work :...
(Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual dictionary - Jacob Ludwig DöhneJacob Ludwig DöhneJacob Ludwig Döhne , was a lexicographer and philologist from the Berlin Missionary Society, who was responsible for compiling A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary after spending twenty years documenting the language and dialects, also translating the New Testament into Xhosa and Zulu...
(Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual dictionary - Henry DrislerHenry DrislerHenry Drisler was an American classical scholar, born on Staten Island, New York, USA.Drisler graduated at Columbia College in 1839, taught classics in the Columbia grammar school for four years, and was then appointed tutor in classics in the college...
(USA, 1818–1939) Latin language dictionary - Konrad DudenKonrad DudenKonrad Alexander Friedrich Duden was a Gymnasium teacher who became a philologist. He founded the well-known German language dictionary bearing his name Duden.- Life :...
(Germany, 1829–1911) German language general dictionary - Edward DwellyEdward DwellyEdward Dwelly was a Scottish Gaelic lexicographer. He is generally believed to have created the authoritative dictionary in that language, and his work, although arguably never bettered in Scotland has been an immense influence on Irish lexicography....
(UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic dictionary - Thomas DycheThomas DycheReverend Thomas Dyche , schoolmaster and lexicographer from Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He published a number of books on the English language including one thought to be the first English book published in Asia...
(UK, 16...–1733) English language spelling dictionary
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- Eugene EhrlichEugene EhrlichEugene Ehrlich was a lexicographer and author.He was a member of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he taught in the Department of General Studies. A reading specialist, he prepared generations of adult students for the rigors of university work...
(USA, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised dictionaries - Ernst Johann EitelErnst Johann EitelErnst Johann Eitel or alternatively Ernest John Eitel was a German Protestant missionary to China born in Württemberg, Germany.-Missionary career:...
(Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary - John EliotJohn Eliot (missionary)John Eliot was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians. His efforts earned him the designation “the Indian apostle.”-English education and Massachusetts ministry:...
(UK/USA, 1604–1690) Native American languages - Karim EmamiKarim EmamiKarim Emami was a highly regarded Iranian translator, editor, lexicographer, and literary critic.-Life:Emami was born in 1930 in Calcutta, a frequent destination of his father, a tea merchant...
(Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English languages - Leo James EnglishLeo James EnglishFather Leo James English, C.Ss.R. was the Australian compiler and editor of two of among the first most widely used bilingual dictionaries in the Philippines. He was the author of the two companion dictionaries namely, the English–Tagalog Dictionary and the Tagalog–English Dictionary...
(Australia/Philippines, born 1907) Tagalog and English bilingual dictionary - Adolf ErmanAdolf ErmanJohann Peter Adolf Erman was a renowned Egyptologist and lexicographer.-Life:Born in Berlin, he was the son of Georg Adolf Erman and grandson of Paul Erman....
(Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian language - Robert EstienneRobert EstienneRobert I Estienne , known as Robertus Stephanus in Latin and also referred to as Robert Stephens by 18th and 19th-century English writers, was a 16th century printer and classical scholar in Paris...
(France, 1503–1559) Latin language thesaurus - Daniel Silvan EvansDaniel Silvan EvansDaniel Silvan Evans was a Welsh scholar and lexicographer.He was born at Fron Wilym Uchaf, Llanarth, Ceredigion. Having started to preach to the Independent congregation of which he was a member, Evans decided at a relatively young age, to train for the ministry...
(Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual dictionary - Avraham Even-Shoshan (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general dictionary
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- FairuzabadiFairuzabadiAbu-t-Tahir Ibn Ibrahim Majd ud-Din ul-Fairuzabadi, was an Arab lexicographer born at Karazin near Shiraz and educated in Shiraz, Wasit, Baghdad and Damascus.- His Life :...
(Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary - Al FarahidiKhalil ibn AhmadAbu ‘Abd ar-Rahmān al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad al-Farāhīdī , more commonly known as al-Farahidi, was a philologist from southern Arabia . His best known contributions are Kitab al-'Ayn , the current standard for Harakat , and the invention al-'arud . He moved to Basra, Iraq, he was Ibadi...
(Oman, 718–791) Arabic language general dictionary - Fortunato FeliceFortunato FeliceFortunato Bartolommeo Felice , 2nd Comte de Panzutti, also known as Fortuné-Barthélemy de Félice and Francesco Placido Bartolomeo De Felice, was an Italian nobleman, a famed author, scientist, and said to have been one of the most important publishers of the 18th century.-Biography:Forunato Felice...
(Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic dictionary - Christiane FellbaumChristiane FellbaumChristiane D. Fellbaum, born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, has lived in the United States since 1969. After graduating from Princeton University with a PhD in linguistics, she became a part of the Cognitive Science department under George Armitage Miller and has played an active role in...
(Germany/USA ?...–...) German and English cognitive linguistics - Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French language critical dictionary
- Charles J. FillmoreCharles J. FillmoreCharles J. Fillmore is an American linguist, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1961. Professor Fillmore spent ten years at The Ohio State University before joining Berkeley's...
(USA, born 1929) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics - Stuart Berg FlexnerStuart Berg FlexnerStuart Berg Flexner was a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including I Hear America Talking and Listening to America; as co-editor of the Dictionary of American Slang' and as chief editor of the Random House Dictionary, Second...
(USA, 1928–1990) English language dictionary of slang - Henrik FlorinusHenrik FlorinusHenrik Florinus , born Henricus Florinus, was a Finnish priest, writer and translator. In 1702, he published the first collection of Finnish proverbs called Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut...
(Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual dictionary - Johann Gottfried FlügelJohann Gottfried FlügelJohann Gottfried Flügel , German lexicographer, was born at Barby near Magdeburg.He was originally a merchant's clerk, but emigrating to the United States in 1810, he made a special study of the English language, and returning to Germany in 1819, was in 1824 appointed lector of the English language...
(Germany/USA, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual dictionary - Henry Watson FowlerHenry Watson FowlerHenry Watson Fowler was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language...
(UK, 1858–1933) English language general dictionary - James O. FraserJames O. FraserJames Outram Fraser was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China with the China Inland Mission. He pioneered work among the Lisu people of Southwestern China in the early part of the 20th century.- First years in Yunnan:...
(UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language - Wilhelm FreundWilhelm FreundWilhelm Freund was a German Jewish philologist, born at Kempen. He studied education at Berlin and Breslau, and was chiefly occupied in teaching till 1870, when he retired in order to devote himself to his literary pursuits...
(Germany, 1806–1894) Latin language general dictionary - Jens Andreas FriisJens Andreas FriisJens Andreas Friis was a Norwegian linguist and author. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Sami language studies.-Biography:...
(Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general dictionary - Louis FrollaLouis FrollaLouis Frolla was a clergyman and writer in Monégasque, the national language of the Principality of Monaco.-Lexicographical writings:He was notably the author of a Monégasque Grammar through the medium of French and a Monégasque-French Dictionary...
(France, ?–?) French and Monegassian dictionary - Isaac Kaufmann FunkIsaac Kaufmann FunkIsaac Kaufmann Funk was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk, and the grandfather of author Peter Funk...
(USA, 1839–1912) English language general dictionary - Antoine FuretièreAntoine FuretièreAntoine Furetière , French scholar and writer, was born in Paris.-Biography:He studied law and practised for a time as an advocate, but eventually took orders and after various promotions became abbé of Chalivoy in the diocese of Bourges in 1662...
(France, 1619–1688) Franch language universal dictionary - Frederick James FurnivallFrederick James FurnivallFrederick James Furnivall , one of the co-creators of the Oxford English Dictionary , was an English philologist...
(UK, 1825–1910) English language historical dictionary
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- Brent GallowayBrent GallowayBrent D. Galloway is an American linguist noted for his work with endangered Amerindian languages.Galloway received his B.A., C.Phil., and Ph.D. in linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1965, 1971, and 1977, respectively...
(USA, born 1944) Native American languages - Cristfried GananderCristfried GananderCristfried Ganander was a Finnish compiler of folk culture, a priest and a 18th century lexicographer. Ganander's greatest achievement was the compilation of the first fully extensive Finnish-language dictionary which was, however, unpublished. He was also a collector of folk culture well before...
(Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish language general dictionary - Marie de GarisMarie de GarisMarie de Garis , MBE was a Guernsey author and lexicographer, who wrote the Dictiounnaire Angllais-Guernésiais , the first edition of which was published in 1967. This new work largely superseded George Métivier's Dictionnaire Franco-Normand. She published Folklore of Guernsey and the...
(UK, born 1910) Guernésiais language general dictionary - Johannes de GarlandiaJohannes de GarlandiaJohannes de Garlandia may refer to:* Johannes de Garlandia * Johannes de Garlandia...
(UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin language dictionary - Bryan A. GarnerBryan A. GarnerBryan A. Garner is a U.S. lawyer, lexicographer, and teacher who has written several books about English usage and style, including Garner's Modern American Usage. He is the editor in chief of all current editions of Black's Law Dictionary...
(USA, born 1958) English language general and LSP dictionary - Dirk GeeraertsDirk GeeraertsDirk Geeraerts holds the chair of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the head of the research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics ....
(Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics - Nayden GerovNayden GerovNayden Gerov , born Nayden Gerov Hadzhidobrevich February 23, 1823, Koprivshtitsa–October 9, 1900, Plovdiv) was a Bulgarian linguist, folklorist, writer and public figure during the Bulgarian National Revival....
(Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian language general dictionary - Peter GilliverPeter GilliverPeter Gilliver is a lexicographer and Associate Editor of the OED.His parents were both linguists. He has a degree in Mathematics from Jesus College, Cambridge.Gilliver is working on a history of the OED.-Television:...
(UK, born 1964) English language historical dictionary - Rudolph GocleniusRudolph GocleniusRudolph Göckel or Rudolf Goclenius [the Older] was a German scholastic philosopher, credited with inventing the term psychology .-Life:He was born in Korbach, Waldeck...
(Germany, 1547–1628) Latin language LSP dictionary - Chauncey Allen GoodrichChauncey Allen GoodrichChauncey Allen Goodrich was an American clergyman, educator and lexicographer. He was the son-in-law of Noah Webster and edited his Dictionary after his father-in-law's death.-Family:...
(USA, 1790–1860) English language general dictionary - Philip Babcock GovePhilip Babcock GovePhilip Babcock Gove was an American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the controversial Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961....
(USA, 1902–1972) English language general dictionary - Louis Herbert GrayLouis Herbert GrayLouis Herbert Gray, Ph.D. was an American Orientalist, born at Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1896 and from Columbia University ....
(USA, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages - Jonathon GreenJonathon GreenJonathon Green is a British lexicographer of slang and writer on the history of alternative cultures...
(UK, born 1948) English language dictionary of slang - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German language historical dictionary
- Francis Hindes GroomeFrancis Hindes GroomeFrancis Hindes Groome , miscellaneous writer, son of a clergyman, wrote for various encyclopaedias, etc. He was a student of the Gypsies and their language, and published In Gypsy Tents , Gypsy Folk Tales , and an editor of Borrow's Lavengro...
(UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy language - Francis GroseFrancis GroseFrancis Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer. He was born at his father's house in Broad Street, St-Peter-le-Poer, London, son of a Swiss immigrant and jeweller, Francis Jacob Grose , and his wife, Anne , daughter of Thomas Bennett of Greenford in Middlesex...
(UK, c.1730–1791) English language historical dictionary - Hermann GundertHermann GundertRev. Dr. Hermann Gundert was a German missionary and scholar, who compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam , the first Malayalam-English dictionary , and translated the Bible into Malayalam. He worked primarily at Tellicherry on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India...
(Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual dictionary - Rosario María Gutiérrez EskildsenRosario María Gutiérrez EskildsenMaría del Rosario Gutiérrez Eskildsen was a Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet who is remembered for her studies on the regional peculiarities of speech in her home state of Tabasco as well as for her pioneering work as a teacher and pedagogue in Tabasco and Mexico in general...
(Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language - Karl GützlaffKarl GützlaffKarl Friedrich August Gützlaff , anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand and for his books about China. He was one of the first Protestant missionaries in China to dress like a Chinese...
(Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese languages - Bartol GyurgieuvitsBartol GyurgieuvitsBartol Gyurgieuvits was a Croatian musicologist and Lexicographer born in Turopolje near Zagreb.-As a musicologist:...
(Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual dictionary
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- Mary Rosamund Haas (USA, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai languages
- Soleiman HaimSoleiman HaimSolayman Haïm , whose dictionaries appeared in English under the name Sulayman Hayyim Solayman Haïm (also Soleyman Soly Haïm or Soleiman Haïm), whose dictionaries appeared in English under the name Sulayman Hayyim (Persian: سلیمان حییم) Solayman Haïm (also Soleyman Soly Haïm or Soleiman Haïm),...
(Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual dictionary - Patrick HanksPatrick HanksPatrick Hanks is an English lexicographer and corpus linguist. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. After graduation from University College, Oxford, he started his lexicographic career as editor of the Hamlyn Encyclopedic World Dictionary . In...
(UK, born 1940) English language general, onomastic, and LSP dictionary - Johann Ernst HanxledenJohann Ernst HanxledenJohann Ernst Hanxleden , known as Arnos Paathiri was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist.-Journey to India:After doing philosophical studies in his...
(Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese language dictionary - Orin HargravesOrin HargravesOrin Hargraves is an American lexicographer and writer. His language reference works include Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English , Slang Rules!: A Practical Guide for English Learners , and Words to Rhyme With: A Rhyming Dictionary Orin Hargraves is...
(USA, born 1953) English language dictionary of slang and rhyme - Alexander HarkavyAlexander HarkavyAlexander Harkavy was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist.Alexander was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology...
(Belarus/USA, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual dictionary - William Torrey HarrisWilliam Torrey HarrisWilliam Torrey Harris was an American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer.-Early life and career:Born in North Killingly, Connecticut, he attended Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. He completed two years at Yale, then moved west and taught school in St...
(USA, 1835–1909) philosophy, English language general dictionary - Reinhard HartmannReinhard HartmannReinhard Rudolf Karl Hartmann is a lexicographer and applied linguist. Until the 1970s, lexicographers worked in relative isolation, and Hartmann is credited with making a major contribution to lexicography and fostering interdisciplinary consultation between reference specialists.R.R.K...
(Austria/UK, born 1938) German and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary - Hamid HassaniHamid HassaniHamid Hasani is an Iranian scholar and researcher, concentrated on Persian lexicography, dictionary-making, and Persian corpus linguistics, also an expert on Persian, Arabic, and Kurdish...
(Iran, born 1968) Persian corpus linguistics, Persian dictionary - Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/USA, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English languages
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- Benjamin HedericusBenjamin HedericusBenjamin Hedericus is most notable as author of a Greek lexicon, which was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.He was authored the following:* Notitia Auctorum Antiqua et Media* Progymnasmata Linguae Graecae...
(Germany?, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek language dictionary - Tom Heehler (USA, born 1963) The Well-Spoken ThesaurusThe Well-Spoken ThesaurusThe Well-Spoken Thesaurus by Tom Heehler , is an American style guide and speaking aid. The Chicago Tribune calls The Well-Spoken Thesaurus "a celebration of the spoken word." The book has also been reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press, and by bloggers at the Fayetteville Observer, and the Seattle...
- Michael HeilprinMichael HeilprinMichael Heilprin was a Polish-American Jewish biblical scholar, critic, and writer, born at Piotrków, Russian Poland, to Jewish parents. His family was distinguished by its knowledge of Hebrew lore as far back as the sixteenth century. Michael Heilprin was a scholar who was familiar with more than...
(Poland/USA, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic dictionary - James Curtis HepburnJames Curtis HepburnJames Curtis Hepburn, M.D., LL.D. was a physician who became a Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet, which he popularized in his Japanese–English dictionary.- Biography :Hepburn was born in...
(USA/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary - Charles George HerbermannCharles George HerbermannCharles George Herbermann was born in Saerbeck near Münster, Westphalia, Prussia, the son of George Herbermann andElizabeth Stipp. He arrived in the United States in 1851, and seven years later graduated at College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City...
(Germany/USA, 1840–1916) English language LSP dictionary - Hesychius of AlexandriaHesychius of AlexandriaHesychius of Alexandria , a grammarian who flourished probably in the 5th century CE, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived...
(Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon - Johann Christian August HeyseJohann Christian August HeyseJohann Christian August Heyse was a German grammarian and lexicographer, born at Nordhausen and educated at Göttingen. He taught at Oldenburg, Nordhausen, and Magdeburg...
(Germany, 1764–1829) German language dictionary of loanwords - Jack HibberdJack HibberdDr Jack Hibberd is an Australian playwright.-Biography:Hibberd studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Newman College and practised as a clinical immunologist in Melbourne from 1964 until 1973...
(Australia, born 1940) English language dictionary of slang - Aurélio Buarque de Holanda FerreiraAurélio Buarque de Holanda FerreiraAurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, a major dictionary of the Portuguese language....
(Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese language general dictionary - Francis HolyoakeFrancis HolyoakeFrancis Holyoake was a lexicographer, born at Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, in 1567.About 1582 he studied as a commoner at Queen’s College, Oxford, though it does not appear that he took a degree. Afterwards he taught school, first at Oxford, and then in Warwickshire...
(UK, 1567–1653) English language etymological dictionary - A. S. HornbyA. S. HornbyAlbert Sidney ' Hornby, usually just A. S. Hornby, 1898–1978, was an English grammarian, lexicographer, and pioneer in the field of English language learning and teaching ....
(UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English language learner's dictionary - John Camden HottenJohn Camden HottenJohn Camden Hotten was an English bibliophile and publisher.Hotten was born in Clerkenwell, London to a family of Cornish origins. He spent the period 1848–1856 in America and on his return opened a small bookshop in London at 151a Piccadilly, and founded the publishing firm later known as Chatto...
(UK?, 1832–1873) English language dictionary of slang - Antônio HouaissAntônio HouaissAntônio Houaiss was a Brazilian lexicographer, writer and translator, who served as the Minister of Culture.He was the son of Lebanese immigrants....
(Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese language general dictionary - Richard HowardRichard HowardRichard Howard is an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he now teaches...
(USA, born 1929) French and English language translation - August Wilhelm HupelAugust Wilhelm HupelAugust Wilhelm Hupel was a Baltic German publicist, estophile and linguist....
(Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian language general dictionary
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- Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
- Laurynas IvinskisLaurynas IvinskisLaurynas Ivinskis was a Lithuanian teacher, publisher, translator and lexicographer, from a Samogitian noble family. He is notable for a series of annual calendars published between 1847 and 1877, in which he summarized the daily life of Samogitian peasantry, Laurynas Ivinski also published...
(Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary
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- John JamiesonJohn JamiesonJohn Jamieson FRSE was a Scottish minister of religion, lexicographer, philologist and antiquary.The son of the Rev John Jamieson, Minister of the Associate Congregation, Duke Street, Glasgow, he was educated at Glasgow Grammar School.He was educated at the University of Glasgow, and subsequently...
(UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological dictionary - Marcus JastrowMarcus JastrowMarcus Jastrow was a renowned Talmudic scholar, most famously known for his authorship of the popular and comprehensive A Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashic Literature....
(Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general dictionary - Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetic dictionary
- Christian Gottlieb JöcherChristian Gottlieb JöcherChristian Gottlieb Jöcher was a German academic, librarian and lexicographer.Jöcher was born in Leipzig, and became professor of history at the University of Leipzig in 1732...
(Germany, 1694–1758) German language biographical dictionary - John of GenoaJohn of GenoaJohn of Genoa or Johannes Balbus was an Italian grammarian and Dominican priest.At an advanced age, John gave away his wealth to the poor of Genoa and entered the Order of St Dominic...
→ Johannes Balbus - Samuel JohnsonSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer...
(UK, 1709–1784) English language general dictionary - Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English language LSP dictionary and atlas
- Dafydd Glyn JonesDafydd Glyn JonesDafydd Glyn Jones is a Welsh scholar and lexicographer, born in the village of Carmel, Gwynedd. He is a specialist in Middle Welsh prose, and his other interests include Welsh history, Robert Jones, Rhoslan, and the life and work of Emrys ap Iwan....
(Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary - Eliza Grew JonesEliza Grew JonesEliza Grew Jones is noted for having created a romanized script for writing the Siamese language, and for creating the first Siamese-English dictionary.-Biography:...
(USA/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (ThaiThai languageThai , also known as Central Thai and Siamese, is the national and official language of Thailand and the native language of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. Historical linguists have been unable to definitively...
) and English bilingual dictionary - Henry Stuart JonesHenry Stuart JonesSir Henry Stuart Jones was a British academic and fellow of Trinity College, University of Oxford, where he held an appointment from 1920 to 1927 as Camden Professor of Ancient History....
(UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English bilingual dictionary - Adoniram JudsonAdoniram JudsonAdoniram Judson, Jr. was an American Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma...
(USA/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual dictionary - Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual dictionary
- Daniel JusleniusDaniel JusleniusDaniel Juslenius was a Finnish writer and bishop. He was a professor of Hebrew, Greek and theology at the Royal Academy of Turku....
(Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish language general dictionary
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- Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanovic KaradžicVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...
(Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian language general dictionary - Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
- Bartol KašićBartol KašicBartol Kašić was a Croatian linguist. He wrote the first Croatian grammar and translated the Bible and the Roman Rite into Croatian...
(Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual dictionary - John Samuel KenyonJohn Samuel KenyonJohn Samuel Kenyon was an American linguist.Born in Medina, Ohio, he graduated from Hiram College in 1898 and taught there as a professor of English from 1916 to 1944, when he retired and became an emeritus professor until his death. Together with Thomas A...
(USA, 1874–1959) English language dictionary of pronunciation - Barbara Ann KipferBarbara Ann KipferBarbara Ann Kipfer is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 45 books, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About , which has more than a million copies in print and has given rise to many Page-a-Day calendars. She was the editor of the sixth edition of Roget's International...
(USA, born 1954) English language general and LSP dictionary - Ferdinand KittelFerdinand KittelReverend Ferdinand Kittel was a priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka. He is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing the first ever Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894...
(Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual dictionary - Friedrich KlugeFriedrich KlugeFriedrich Kluge is known for the Kluge etymological dictionary of the German language , which was first published in 1883....
(Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological dictionary - Grzegorz KnapskiGrzegorz KnapskiGrzegorz Knapski was a Polish Jesuit, teacher, philologist, lexicographer and writer.-Works:His most important work is the Thesaurus Polono-Latino-Graecus. First published in 1621 in Kraków, second edition in 1643 also in Kraków, it became a standard reference work in Polish schools and...
(Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus - Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish language etymological dictionary
- Emmanuel KriarasEmmanuel KriarasEmmanuel G Kriaras is a Greek lexicographer and philologist, he is Emeritus Professor of the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki...
(Greece, born 1906) Greek language historical dictionary - Raphael KuhnerRaphael KuhnerRaphael Kühner was a German classical scholar. He was born at Gotha, educated at Göttingen, and from 1824 to 1863 taught in the Hanover Lyceum. He published an edition of the Tusculanae Disputationes of Cicero . His large Greek Grammar was translated by William Edward Jelf...
(Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin languages - Hans KurathHans KurathHans Kurath was an American linguist of Austrian origin. He was full professor for English and Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor...
(Austria/USA, 1891–1992) English language historical dictionary, dialect atlas
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- Sita Ram LalasSita Ram LalasDr Sita Ram Lalas was a renowned linguist and lexicographer of India.He produced a written dictionary of the local Rajasthani language- first ever in the language with name: Rajasthani sabada Kosa and Rajasthani Hindi brhat kosa.This perhaps is one of the biggest dictionaries of the world...
(India, born 1909) Rajasthani language historical dictionary - Pierre LaroussePierre LaroussePierre Athanase Larousse was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15 volume Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle.-Early life:Pierre Larousse was born in Toucy, where...
(France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary - Donald LaycockDonald LaycockDr Donald Laycock was an Australian linguist and anthropologist. He is best remembered for his work on the languages of Papua New Guinea.-Biography:...
(Australia, ?...–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea - James LeggeJames LeggeJames Legge was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong , and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University...
(UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language - George William LemonGeorge William LemonThe Reverend George William Lemon was the author of an early etymological dictionary of the English language, published in 1783.Lemon graduated at Queens College, Cambridge in 1748...
(UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary - Matthias von LexerMatthias von LexerMatthias Lexer , later Matthias von Lexer , was a German lexicographer, author of the principal dictionary of the Middle High German language, which is generally known simply as "the Lexer"....
(Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary - Henry LiddellHenry LiddellHenry George Liddell was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, dean of Christ Church, Oxford, headmaster of Westminster School , author of A History of Rome , and co-author of the monumental work A Greek-English Lexicon, which is still used by students of Greek...
(UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon - Sven LidmanSven Lidman (lexicographer)Sven Lidman , was a Swedish lexicographer living in Stockholm, son of the writer Sven Lidman.He was the main editor or managing director of several Swedish encyclopedias, including the 5th edition of Kunskapens bok , Focus , Lilla Focus , Combi Visuell ,...
(Sweden, born 1921) Swedish encyclopedic dictionary - Lin YutangLin YutangLin Yutang was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.-Youth:Lin was born in...
(China/USA, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary - Samuel LindeSamuel LindeSamuel Bogumił Linde was a linguist, librarian, and lexicographer of the Polish language. He was director of the Prussian-founded Warsaw Lyceum during its existence , and an important figure of the Polish Enlightenment.-Life:Samuel Gottlieb Linde was born in Toruń, Royal Prussia, a province of the...
(Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general dictionary - Émile LittréÉmile LittréÉmile Maximilien Paul Littré was a French lexicographer and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called "The Littré".-Biography:Émile Littré was born in Paris...
(France, 1801–1881) French language general dictionary - Thomas LloydThomas Lloyd (lexicographer)Thomas Lloyd was a Welsh cleric and lexicographer. He was the son of Thomas Lloyd, a lawyer from Wrexham and part of the Lloyd family of Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 25 February 1689 at the age of 15. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts...
(Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language - Elias LönnrotElias LönnrotElias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...
(Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual dictionary
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- Stepan MalkhasyantsStepan MalkhasyantsStepanos Sargsi Malkhasyants was a notable Armenian academician, philologist, linguist, and lexicographer. As an expert in classical Armenian literature, Malkhasyants wrote the critical editions and translated the works of many classical Armenian historians into modern Armenian and contributed 70...
(Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical dictionary - Francis Andrew March (USA, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English language historical dictionary
- Francis MasonFrancis MasonFrancis Mason , American missionary and a naturalist, was born in York, England. His grandfather, also Francis Mason, was the founder of the Baptist Society in York, and his father, a shoemaker by trade, was a Baptist lay preacher there.-Early life:After working with his father as a shoemaker for...
(UK/USA/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese language - Percy C. MatherPercy C. MatherPercy Cunningham Mather was a pioneer British Protestant Christian missionary to China, the second China Inland Mission missionary to Xinjiang....
(UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian language dictionary - Robert Henry MathewsRobert Henry MathewsRobert Henry Mathews was an Australian missionary and Sinologist, best known for his 1931 Chinese-English Dictionary . Revised American edition . Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674123502.-References:...
(Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary - Johann MatthesonJohann MatthesonJohann Mattheson was a German composer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat and music theorist.Mattheson was born and died in Hamburg. He was a close friend of George Frideric Handel, although he nearly killed him in a sudden quarrel, during a performance of Mattheson's opera Cleopatra in 1704...
(Germany, 1681–1764) music, German language - Erin McKeanErin McKeanErin McKean is an American lexicographer. Erin is a founder and the CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik. She was previously the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary, second edition....
(USA, born 1971) English language general and LSP dictionary - Lambert McKennaLambert McKennaLambert McKenna S.J. was a Jesuit priest and writer.He was born Andrew Joseph Lambert McKenna in Dublin and studied in Europe. He collected and edited religious and folk poetry in the Irish language...
(Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual dictionary - Walter Henry MedhurstWalter Henry MedhurstWalter Henry Medhurst , was an English Congregationalist missionary to China, born in London and educated at St Paul's School, was one of the early translators of the Bible into Chinese language editions.-Early life:...
(UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary - Igor Mel'čukIgor Mel'cukIgor Aleksandrovič Mel'čuk is a retired professor at the Department of linguistics and translation, Université de Montréal.He graduated from the Moscow State University's Philological department. Since 1956 he has worked for the Institute of the Science of Language in Moscow. Since 1974, he has...
(Russia/Canada, 1932-) French dictionary - Wilhelm Meyer-LübkeWilhelm Meyer-LübkeWilhelm Meyer-Lübke was a Swiss philologist of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics.Born in Dübendorf, he performed several comparative studies of the Romance languages...
(Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages - Minamoto no ShitagōMinamoto no Shitagowas a mid Heian waka poet, scholar and nobleman. He was the original compiler of the Wamyō Ruijushō, the first Japanese dictionary organized into semantic headings. He was designated as one of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals for his distinguished poetic accomplishments. In addition to the Wamyō...
(Japan, 911–983) Japanese language thesaurus - William Chester MinorWilliam Chester MinorWilliam Chester Minor, also known as W. C. Minor was an American army surgeon who, later, was one of the largest contributors of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary...
(Sri Lanka/USA/UK, 1834–1920) English language historical dictionary - John MinsheuJohn MinsheuJohn Minsheu was an English linguist and lexicographer. He was born and died in London. Little is known about his life. He published some of the earliest dictionaries and grammars of the Spanish language for speakers of English. His major work was the Ductor in linguas , an eleven-language...
(UK, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual dictionary, 11-language multilingual dictionary - María MolinerMaría MolinerMaría Moliner was a Spanish librarian and lexicographer. She is perhaps best-known for her Diccionario de uso del español, first published in 1966-1967, when she completed the work started in 1952.-Biography:María Juana Moliner Ruiz was the eldest daughter of Enrique Moliner, a doctor and son of...
(Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish language general dictionary - Judah MonisJudah MonisJudah Monis was North America's first college instructor of the Hebrew language, teaching at Harvard College from 1722 to 1760, and authored the first Hebrew textbook published in North America. Monis was also the first Jew to receive a college degree in the American colonies...
(USA, 1683–1764) Hebrew language - Paul MonroePaul Monroe-Biography:He was born at North Madison, Indiana. He graduated at Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana in 1890, studied at the University of Heidelberg and took his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1897. He became professor at Columbia in 1899, his research involving education in its...
(USA, 1869–1947) English language encyclopedic dictionary - Morohashi TetsujiMorohashi Tetsujiwas an important figure in the field of Japanese language studies and Sinology. He is best known as Chief Editor of the Dai Kan-Wa jiten, the most comprehensive dictionary of Kanji....
(Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual dictionary - Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary
- Mahshid MoshiriMahshid MoshiriMahshid Moshiri is an Iranian novelist and lexicographer. She graduated from the Sorbonne with a PhD in linguistics. She is the author of the first Persian Phono-Orthographic Dictionary. She is also an encyclopedist, and has served as the Research Vice President of The Great Persian Encyclopedia...
(Iran, ?– ) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries - Joseph MoxonJoseph MoxonJoseph Moxon , hydrographer to Charles II, was an English printer of mathematical books and maps, a maker of globes and mathematical instruments, and mathematical lexicographer. He produced the first English language dictionary devoted to mathematics...
(UK, 1627–1691) English LSP dictionary - Kārlis MīlenbahsKarlis MilenbahsKārlis Mīlenbahs was the first native speaker of Latvian to devote his career to linguistics...
(Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual dictionary - Wilhelm Max MüllerWilhelm Max MüllerWilhelm Max Müller, Ph.D. was an United States orientalist.-Biography:He was born at Gleißenberg, Germany, the son of Friedrich Max Müller and the grandson of German romantic poet Wilhelm Müller. He was educated at Erlangen, Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig, where he received his Ph.D...
(Germany/USA, 1862–1919) Hebrew language dictionary - Pamela MunroPamela MunroPamela Munro is an American linguist who specializes in Native American languages. A graduate of the University of California, San Diego, her graduate adviser was Margaret Langdon. She teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles...
(USA, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries - James MurrayJames Murray (lexicographer)Sir James Augustus Henry Murray was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death.-Life and learning:...
(UK, 1837–1915) English language historical dictionary - Vladimir MüllerVladimir MüllerVladimir Karlovich Müller was a Russian linguist and lexicographer. Müller held a professorial degree and compiled the most popular English–Russian dictionary, which saw numerous reeditions . Müller was also an expert on medieval dramaturgy, particularly on William Shakespeare...
(Russia, 1880–before 1943) English–Russian dictionary
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- Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages
- Nathan ben JehielNathan ben JehielNathan ben Jehiel of Rome was a Jewish Italian lexicographer. He was born in Rome not later than 1035 to one of the most notable Roman families of Jewish scholars. Owing to an error propagated by Azulai, he has been regarded as a scion of the house of De Pomis...
(Italy, c.1035–1106) Hebrew language dictionary - William Allen Neilson (UK/USA, 1869–1946) English language general dictionary
- Andrew NelsonAndrew NelsonAndrew Nathaniel Nelson was an American missionary and scholar of East Asian languages and literature, best-known for his work in Japanese lexicography....
(USA/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary - Jean NicotJean NicotJean Nicot was a French diplomat and scholar.Born in Nîmes, in the south of France, he was French ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561....
(France, 1530–1600) French language historical dictionary - Sandro NielsenSandro NielsenSandro Nielsen is a Danish metalexicographer associated with Centre for Lexicography at the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, from where he received his PhD in 1992. Nielsen has contributed to lexicography as a theoretical and practical lexicographer with particular reference to bilingual...
(Denmark, born 1961) Danish language LSP dictionary - Nonius MarcellusNonius MarcellusNonius Marcellus was a Roman grammarian of the 4th or 5th century AD. His only surviving work is the De compendiosa doctrina, a dictionary or encyclopedia in 20 books that shows his interests in antiquarianism and Latin literature from Plautus to Apuleius. Nonius may have come from...
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- Niall Ó DónaillNiall Ó DónaillNiall Ó Dónaill was an Irish language lexicographer from Loughanure, County Donegal, Ireland. Ó Dónaill is most famous for his work as editor of the 1977 Irish-English dictionary Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla which is still widely used today. He received his education in St Eunan's College in Letterkenny...
(Ireland, 1908–1995) Irish and English bilingual dictionary - John Ogilvie (UK, 1797–1867) English language general dictionary
- Charles Talbut OnionsCharles Talbut OnionsCharles Talbut Onions was an English grammarian and lexicographer and the fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary....
(UK, 1873–1965) English language historical dictionary - Sulkhan-Saba OrbelianiSulkhan-Saba OrbelianiPrince Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani was a Georgian prince, writer, monk and convert to Roman Catholicism.- Biography :...
(Georgia, 1658–1725) Georgian language general dictionary - Oros of AlexandriaOros of AlexandriaOros was a late classical/Byzantine lexicographer and grammarian active in the mid-5th century. According to the Suda he was born in Alexandria and taught in Constantinople. The Suda lists ten titles by him, but little of his work survives....
(Egypt?, 5th century) Ancient Greek language dictionary - Osbern of GloucesterOsbern of GloucesterOsbern Pinnock of Gloucester was an English Benedictine monk of St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, and a lexicographical writer.His Panormia, or Derivationes , was a Latin word list compiled from about 1150 to 1180...
(UK, 1123–1200) Latin language etymological dictionary - Ōtsuki FumihikoOtsuki Fumihikowas a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian. He is best known for two Japanese-language dictionaries that he edited, Genkai and its successor Daigenkai , and for his studies of Japanese grammar.-Biography:Ōtsuki Fumihiko was born in the section of Edo in what is now part of Ginza,...
(Japan, 1847–1928) Japanese language general dictionary - Sergei OzhegovSergei OzhegovSergey Ivanovich Ozhegov was a Russian lexicographer who in 1926 graduated from the Leningrad University where his teachers included Lev Shcherba and Viktor Vinogradov....
(Russia, 1900–1964) Russian language general dictionary
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- Condé Benoist PallenCondé Benoist PallenCondé Benoist Pallen, Ph.D., LL.D. was an American Catholic editor and author, born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Georgetown in 1880, and from Saint Louis University in 1885. He was editor of Church Progress and the Catholic World...
(USA, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia - Alfredo PanziniAlfredo PanziniAlfredo Panzini was an Italian novelist and lexicographer.Born in Senigallia, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci at the University of Bologna. Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer. Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings...
(Italy, 1863–1939) Italian language general dictionary - Eric PartridgeEric PartridgeEric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand/British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II...
(New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English language dictionary of slang - Franz PassowFranz PassowFranz Ludwig Carl Friedrich Passow was a German classical scholar and lexicographer.He was born at Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg-Schwerin...
(Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical dictionary - Hermann PaulHermann PaulHermann Otto Theodor Paul was a German linguist and lexicographer. He was professor for German language and literature in Freiburg in the Breisgau as well as Munich, and he was a prominent Neogrammarian....
(Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical dictionary - Andrew PawleyAndrew PawleyAndrew Kenneth Pawley , MA, PhD , FRSNZ, FAHA, is Emeritus Professor at the School of Culture, History & Language of the College of Asia & the Pacific at the Australian National University...
(Australia/New Zealand, born 1941) Austronesian languages - Clemente PeaniClemente PeaniClemente Peani , also known as Clemens Peanius and Clemens di Gesù, was a member of Congregatio de Propaganda Fide who was involved in the preparation of Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum, published in 1772 by the congregation's press...
(Italy/India, 1731–1782) Malayalam language dictionary - Edmund PeckEdmund PeckEdmund James Peck , known in as Inuktitut as Uqammaq , was an Anglican missionary in Canada...
(Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual dictionary - Philitas of CosPhilitas of CosPhilitas of Cos , sometimes spelled Philetas , was a scholar and poet during the early Hellenistic period of ancient Greece. A Greek associated with Alexandria, he flourished in the second half of the 4th century BC and was appointed tutor to the heir to the throne of Ptolemaic Egypt...
(Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek language glossary - Philo of ByblosPhilo of ByblosPhilo of Byblos was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek. He is chiefly known for his Phoenician history assembled from the writings of Sanchuniathon.-Life:...
(Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek language dictionary of synonyms - Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha PillaiSreekanteswaram Padmanabha PillaiSreekanteswaram G. Padmanabha Pillai , popularly known as Sreekanteswaram, was a lexicographer and scholar best known for his Malayalam dictionary Sabdatharavali....
(India, 1864–1946) Malayalam language dictionary - Iwo Cyprian PogonowskiIwo Cyprian PogonowskiIwo Cyprian Pogonowski is a Polish–, Belgian– and American–educated inventor and civil and industrial engineer with 50 patents to his credit...
(Poland, USA, born 1921) Polish and English bilingual dictionaries - Julius PolluxJulius PolluxJulius Pollux was a Greek or Egyptian grammarian and sophist from Alexandria who taught at Athens, where he was appointed professor of rhetoric at the Academy by the emperor Commodus — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists. Nothing of his...
(Greece?, 2nd century) Ancient Greek language thesaurus - Noah PorterNoah PorterNoah Porter, Jr. was an American academic, philosopher, author, lexicographer and President of Yale College .-Biography:...
(USA, 1811–1892) English language general dictionary - Malachy Postlewayt (UK, ? – ?) English language LSP dictionary
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- Ola RaknesOla RaknesOla Raknes was a Norwegian psychologist, philologist and non-fiction writer. Born in Bergen, Norway, he was internationally known as a psychoanalyst in the Reichian tradition...
(Norway/USA, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual dictionary - Stanislovas RapalionisStanislovas RapalionisStanislovas Rapalionis was a founder of the first Lithuanian language school in Vilnius, a professor of theology in Königsberg Albertina University, and the first translator of the Bible into Lithuanian, although this translation has not survived....
(Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language - Rasmus Christian RaskRasmus Christian RaskRasmus Rask was a Danish scholar and philologist.-Biography:...
(Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics - Allen Walker ReadAllen Walker ReadAllen Walker Read was an American etymologist and lexicographer, best known for his studies into the words "okay" and "fuck."...
(USA, 1906–2002) English language glossary - James RedhouseJames RedhouseSir James William Redhouse KCMG authored the original and authoritative Ottoman - English dictionary. He was commissioned by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for his dictionary...
(UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual dictionary - Gustaf RenvallGustaf RenvallGustaf Renvall was a Finnish philologist.Renvall was the son of a horse breeder and graduated in 1801. He was ordained as priest in 1806 and received the honour of Master in 1811....
(Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general dictionary - Alain ReyAlain ReyAlain Rey is a French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality. He is the editor-in-chief at French dictionary publisher Dictionnaires Le Robert.- Biography :...
(France, born 1928) French language general and LSP dictionary - Barbara ReynoldsBarbara ReynoldsBarbara Reynolds is an English scholar, lexicographer and translator, wife of the philologist and translator Lewis Thorpe.-Early life:The daughter of Alfred Charles Reynolds, and the god-daughter of Dorothy L...
(UK, born 1914) Italian language dictionary - Kel RichardsKel RichardsKevin Barry "Kel" Richards is an Australian author, journalist and radio personality.Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness.Richards presented ABC NewsRadio's weekend...
(Australia, born 1946) English language dialect dictionary - César-Pierre RicheletCésar-Pierre RicheletCésar-Pierre Richelet was a French grammarian and lexicographer, the editor of the first dictionary of the French language.-Life:...
(French, 1626–1698) French language general dictionary - John RiderJohn Rider (bishop)John Ryder was a Latin lexicographer who published the first English-Latin Dictionary, in which the English language took precedent. A favourite of Elizabeth I, he was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and the Anglican Bishop of Killaloe....
(UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological dictionary - William RiderWilliam RiderWilliam Rider was an English historian, priest and writer. Whilst he wrote a number of works, his New Universal Dictionary suffered in comparison with that written by Samuel Johnson and his 50-volume work A New History of England was unsuccessful; it was later described as one of the vilest Grub...
(UK, 1723–1785) English language general dictionary - Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general dictionary
- Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/USA/PR China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual dictionary
- Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English language thesaurus
- Leo RostenLeo RostenLeo Calvin Rosten was born in Łódź, Russian Empire and died in New York City. He was a teacher and academic, but is best known as a humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism and Yiddish lexicography.-Early life:Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking family in what is now...
(Poland–Russia/USA, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon
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- Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador, 1914–1994) Waorani language dictionary
- Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-PalayeJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-PalayeJean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye was a French historian, classicist, philologist and lexicographer.-Life:...
(France, 1697–1781) French language glossary - William SalesburyWilliam SalesburyWilliam Salesbury also Salusbury was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.Salesbury was born in about 1520 in the parish of Llansannan, Conwy...
(UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary - Daniel SandersDaniel SandersDaniel Sanders was a German lexicographer of Jewish parentage. He is famous for lexica and dictionarys .- Biography and bibliography :...
(Germany, 1819–1897) German language general dictionary - Francisco J. SantamaríaFrancisco J. SantamaríaFrancisco Javier Santamaría was an influential Mexican writer and politician who is best remembered for his contributions to the study of Mexican literature and lexicography; he variously worked or published as a bibliographer, essayist, geographer, journalist, judge, lawyer, lexicographer,...
(Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish language dictionary of Americanisms - Moti Lal Saqi (India, 1936–1999) Kashmiri language dictionary
- Irene SaundersIrene SaundersIrene Saunders is the author of the English-Chinese dictionary The Right Word in Chinese or Hànyǔ Zhǐnán.-Biography:Saunders graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in chemistry. She is married to Lynn C...
(US/PR China, ?...–...) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary - Valentin SchindlerValentin SchindlerValentin Schindler was a Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language. He moved by 1594 to Helmstedt....
(Germany, ?...–1604) Hebrew et al. 5-language dictionary - Steinar SchjøttSteinar SchjøttSteinar Schjøtt was a Norwegian educator, philologist and lexicographer.-Personal life:Steinar Schjøtt was born to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt and his wife Anna Jacobine, née Olrog, in Porsgrund where his father was stationed as vicar...
(Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual dictionary - Johann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
(Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual dictionary - Ericus SchroderusEricus SchroderusEricus Johannis Schroderus was a Swedish philologist and historian, living in Uppsala.He compiled the first dictionary which included Finnish as an entry language. Lexicon Latino-Sondicum was published in 1637...
(Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual dictionary - August SchumannAugust SchumannFriedrich August Gottlob Schumann was a German bookseller and publisher. His best-known work is the 18-volume Lexicon of Saxony, which was completed after his death by Albert Schiffner...
(Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony - Robert ScottRobert Scott (philologist)Robert Scott was an English academic philologist, clergyman, and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford...
(UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual dictionary - Kurt Heinrich SetheKurt Heinrich SetheKurt Heinrich Sethe was a noted German Egyptologist and philologist from Berlin. He was a student of Adolf Erman...
(Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language - Stephen SewallStephen SewallStephen Sewall was a judge in colonial Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he was the son of Stephen Sewall, the clerk of court at the Salem witchcraft trials, and a nephew of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, who presided at the witchcraft trials...
(USA, 1734–1804) Hebrew language - Sextus Pompeius FestusSextus Pompeius FestusSextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman grammarian, who probably flourished in the later 2nd century AD, perhaps at Narbo in Gaul.He made an epitome in 20 volumes of the encyclopedic treatise in many volumes De verborum significatu, of Verrius Flaccus, a celebrated grammarian who flourished in the...
(Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological dictionary - Shan-ul-Haq HaqqeeShan-ul-Haq HaqqeeShan-ul-Haq Haqqee , Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam, was a notable Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer of Pakistan....
(Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language dictionary - Jesse SheidlowerJesse SheidlowerJesse Sheidlower is an author and editor specializing in English linguistics and lexicography. From 1999 until 2005 he was Principal North American Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary; since 2005 he has been an editor-at-large, focusing on North American usage. He is a frequently cited expert...
(USA, ?...–...) English language historical dictionary - Thomas A. SherwoodThomas A. SherwoodThomas Adiel Sherwood was born in Fort Edward, New York, on October 3, 1791. In 1819, he moved to Savannah, Georgia, where he involved himself with the Baptist ministry. While in Georgia, he helped found Mercer University and in 1857, became president of Marshall College in Griffin, Georgia...
(USA, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer - David ShulmanDavid ShulmanDavid Shulman was an American lexicographer and cryptographer.He contributed many early usages to the Oxford English Dictionary and is listed among . He felt most at home in the New York Public Library, undertaking his lexicographic research there and donating many valuable items to it...
(USA, 1912–2004) English language historical dictionary - Natalia ShvedovaNatalia ShvedovaNatalia Yulievna Shvedova was a Russian lexicographer who authored several standard outlines of Russian grammar, for which she was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982....
(Russia, born 1916) Russian language explanatory dictionary - John SimpsonJohn Simpson (lexicographer)John Andrew Simpson is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary . Simpson was co-editor of the second edition, which ran to 20 volumes published in 1989, a combination of the original text with several supplemental volumes that had followed...
(UK, born 1953) English language historical dictionary - John McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy Sinclair , Professor of Modern English Language at Birmingham University, 1965 – 2000. He pioneered work in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, and language teaching....
(UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learner's dictionary - Konstantinas SirvydasKonstantinas SirvydasKonstantinas Sirvydas died 1631) was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
(Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual dictionary - Stephen SkinnerStephen SkinnerStephen Skinner was a Lincoln physician, lexicographer and etymologist.He graduated at Oxford University in 1646, and went to lived on the continent, graduating at the University of Heidelberg in 1654....
(UK/Germany?, 1631–1667) English language etymological dictionary - Johan Kristian SkougaardJohan Kristian SkougaardJohan Kristian Skougaard was a Norwegian military officer and politician.He was born in Lista, and originally took his education in the Norwegian military. He was hired as an engineer in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in 1873, and left the military in 1887...
(Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual dictionary - Nicholas Slonimsky (Russia, April 27 [O.S. April 15] 1894 – December 25, 1995) Musicology, biography, and literary criticism
- Benjamin Eli SmithBenjamin Eli SmithBenjamin Eli Smith, L.H.D. was an American editor and the son of Eli Smith. Born in Beirut, Ottoman Empire , he graduated from Amherst College , earning the degree of L.H.D. in 1902...
(USA, 1857–1913) English language general and LSP dictionary - John SmithJohn Smith (academic)John Smith was a professor at Dartmouth College and the author of the first unpointed Hebrew grammar book published in the United States....
(USA, ?...–1809) Hebrew language - William SmithWilliam Smith (lexicographer)Sir William Smith Kt. was a noted English lexicographer.-Early life:Born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents, he was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor. In his spare time he taught himself classics, and when he entered University College...
(UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP dictionary - William Edward SoothillWilliam Edward SoothillWilliam Edward Soothill was a Methodist missionary to China who later became Professor of Chinese at Oxford University and a leading British sinologist.Born in Halifax, Yorkshire in January 1861, Soothill matriculated at London University...
(UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP dictionary - Lewis SpenceLewis SpenceJames Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a poet and occult scholar....
(UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP dictionary - Alexander SpiersAlexander Spiers-Life:Spiers, was born at Gosport in Hampshire in 1807. He studied in England, in Germany, and in Paris and graduated doctor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig...
(UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual dictionary - Izmail SreznevskyIzmail SreznevskyIzmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky was a towering figure in 19th-century Slavic studies.His father, Ivan Sreznevsky, was a prolific translator of Latin poetry who taught at the Demidov Lyceum in Yaroslavl before moving to Kharkov University. It was in Kharkov that Sreznevsky graduated in philology and...
(Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical dictionary - Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary
- Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary
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- John Van Nest TalmageJohn Van Nest TalmageJohn Van Nest Talmage , was a Protestant Christian missionary to Amoy, China. He was sent by the Reformed Church in America from 1847 to 1890.-Biography:...
(USA/China, 1819–1892) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary - Peter TamonyPeter TamonyPeter Tamony was an Irish American folk-etymologist who is noted for his research on American colloquial speech, Jazz music and sports....
(USA, .1902–1985) English LSP etymology - Antoine ThomasAntoine ThomasAntoine Thomas was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary and astronomer in China.- Early life :Born in Namur in 1644, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1660 and first taught in the schools of Armentières, Huy and Tournai...
(Belgium, 1644–1709) mathematics glossary - Theodoor Gautier Thomas PigeaudTheodoor Gautier Thomas PigeaudTheodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud was an expert in Javanese literature from the Netherlands. He especially became famous for his Java-Netherlands dictionary that Poerwadarminto chose as foundation of Baoesastra Djawa...
(Germany/Netherlands, 1899–1988) Javanese and Dutch dictionary - Lewis ThorpeLewis ThorpeLewis Thorpe B.A. L.-ès-L. Ph.D D. de l'U FIAL FRSA FRHistS was a British philologist, translator, and husband of the Italian scholar and lexicographer Barbara Reynolds. He died on 10 October 1977....
(UK, ?...–1977) French language - Alf TorpAlf TorpAlf Torp was a Norwegian philologist and author. He is most known for his work with Indo-European and Nordic language history and meaning of ancient languages.-Biography:...
(Norway, 1853–1916) Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological dictionary
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- Martin UlvestadMartin UlvestadMartin Ulvestad was an American historian and author whose writings focused on Norwegian-American immigration. Ulvestad was a pioneer in documenting the early history of the first Norwegian settlers in America.-Biography:...
(Norway/USA, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual dictionary - Laurence UrdangLaurence UrdangLaurence Urdang was a lexicographer, editor and author noted for first computerising the unabridged Random House Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1966. He was also the founding editor of Verbatim, a quarterly newsletter on language.Urdang was born in Manhattan and graduated from...
(USA, 1927–2008) English language general dictionary - Dmitry UshakovDmitry UshakovDmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov was a Russian philologist and lexicographer.He was the creator and chief editor of the 4-volume Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language with over 90,000 entries. He was also the creator of an orthographic dictionary of the Russian language .Ushakov died in...
(Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general dictionary
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- Oreste VaccariOreste VaccariOreste Vaccari was an internationally known Italian Orientalist and linguist. He was a pupil at the Royal Oriental Institute of Naples during the second decade of the 20th century, where his instructors included Afevork Ghevre Jesus, who taught him Amharic and eventually became the chargé...
(Italy/Japan, ?...–1980) Japanese–English bilingual dictionary - Louis Gustave VapereauLouis Gustave VapereauLouis Gustave Vapereau was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the Dictionnaire universel des contemporains and the Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs.-Biography:...
(France, 1819–1906) French LSP dictionary - G. VenkatasubbaiahG. VenkatasubbaiahProf. G. Venkatasubbaiah is a Kannada lexicographer who has compiled over 10 dictionaries, edited over 25 books and published several papers. He is regarded as the father of the modern Kannada dictionary.-Early life and education:...
(India, born 1913) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual dictionary - Verrius FlaccusVerrius FlaccusMarcus Verrius Flaccus was a Roman grammarian and teacher who flourished under Augustus and Tiberius.-Life:He was a freedman, and his manumitter has been identified with Verrius Flaccus, an authority on pontifical law; but for chronological reasons the name of Veranius Flaccus, a writer on augury,...
(Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic dictionary - Faust VrančićFaust VrancicFausto Veranzio or Faust Vrančić was a polymath and bishop from the Venetian Republic.-Family history:...
(Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. 5-language dictionary
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- Magdi WahbaMagdi WahbaMagdi Wahba was an Egyptian university professor, Johnsonian scholar, and lexicographer.He was born in Alexandria in 1925 the son of a high court judge and later cabinet minister. His mother had been educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and Oxford University...
(Egypt, 1925–1991) Arabic and English bilingual dictionary - Noël François de WaillyNoël François de WaillyNoël François de Wailly , French grammarian and lexicographer, was born at Amiens.Noël François de Wailly spent his life in Paris, where for many years he carried on a school which was extensively patronized by foreigners who wished to learn French...
(France, 1724–1801) French language dictionary of neologisms - John WalkerJohn Walker (lexicographer)John Walker was an English stage actor, philologist and lexicographer. Early in life he became an actor, his theatrical engagements including one with David Garrick at Drury Lane, and a long season in Dublin, Ireland. In 1768 he left the stage...
(UK, 1732–1807) English language dictionary of rhymes and pronunciation - Fr. Paul WalshFr. Paul WalshFather Paul Walsh , was an Irish priest and historian.-Life and career:Walsh was the eldest of the five sons and three daughters born to Michael Walsh and Brigid Gallagher of Ballina , in the parish of Mullingar, County Westmeath. Educated locally, he spent a year at Mullingar's Christian Brothers...
(Ireland, 1885–1941) Irish placenames and genealogy - John WaltersJohn Walters (Welsh cleric)John Walters was a Welsh cleric from Glamorgan in the eighteenth century. He wrote a manifesto, A Dissertation on the Welsh Language , in which he praised the Welsh language. He was a noted lexicographer, publishing An English–Welsh Dictionary in fifteen parts . His eldest son was the poet and...
(Wales, 1721–1797) English and Welsh languages - Wang Li (China, 1900–1986) Chinese language dictionary of word families
- Grady WardGrady WardWilliam Grady Ward is an American software engineer, lexicographer, and Internet activist who has featured prominently in the Scientology versus the Internet controversy....
(USA, born 1951) English language thesaurus - Oliver WardropOliver WardropSir John Oliver Wardrop, KBE, CMG was a British diplomat, traveller and translator, primarily known as the United Kingdom's first Chief Commissioner of Transcaucasus in Georgia, 1919-21, and also as the founder and benefactor of Kartvelian studies at Oxford University.After traveling to Georgia ...
(UK, 1864–1948) Georgian language - Noah WebsterNoah WebsterNoah Webster was an American educator, lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author...
(USA, 1758–1843) English language general dictionary - Edmund WeinerEdmund WeinerEdmund Weiner was co-editor of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary...
(UK, born 1950) English language historical dictionary - William Dwight WhitneyWilliam Dwight WhitneyWilliam Dwight Whitney was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer who edited The Century Dictionary.-Life:William Dwight Whitney was born in Northampton, Massachusetts on February 9, 1827. His father was Josiah Dwight Whitney of the New England Dwight family...
(USA, 1827–1894) English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual dictionary - Harischandra WijayatungaHarischandra WijayatungaWijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician. He held various offices in different institutions of the Government of Sri Lanka. At present he is the leader of Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Party...
(Sri Lanka, born 1931) Sinhala language general dictionary - Samuel Wells WilliamsSamuel Wells WilliamsSamuel Wells Williams was a linguist, missionary and Sinologist from the United States in the early 19th century.-Biography:...
(USA/China, 1812–1884) Chinese language dictionary, Cantonese language dictionary - Miron WinslowMiron WinslowMiron Winslow was an American Congregational missionary. He was born at Williston, Vt., graduated at Middlebury College, 1815, and at Andover Theological Seminary, 1818. In 1819 he went to Ceylon, as a missionary of the American Board's American Ceylon Mission, and served there in southern...
(USA/Sri Lanka, 1789–1864) Tamil and English bilingual dictionary - Arok WolvengreyArok WolvengreyArok Wolvengrey is a linguist noted for his work with Amerindian languages.According to the University of Regina General Calendar, Wolvengrey received his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Saskatchewan, and his Master's at the University of Winnipeg....
(Canada, ?...–...) Cree and English bilingual dictionary - Joseph Emerson WorcesterJoseph Emerson WorcesterJoseph Emerson Worcester was an American lexicographer and chief competitor of Webster's Dictionary in the mid-nineteenth-century. Their rivalry became known as the "dictionary wars". Worcester's dictionaries focused on traditional pronunciation and spelling, unlike Noah Webster's attempts to...
(USA, 1784–1865) English language general and LSP dictionaries - Henry Cecil Kennedy WyldHenry Cecil Kennedy WyldHenry Cecil Kennedy Wyld was a significant English lexicographer and philologist.-Early life:Wyld was born in 1870. He studied at Charterhouse from 1883 to 1885. He was privately educated in Lausanne from 1885 to 1888...
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- Ladislav ZgustaLadislav ZgustaLadislav Zgusta was a Czech–American historical linguist and lexicographer, who wrote one of the first textbooks on lexicography. He was a professor of linguistics and classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dutch lexicographer Piet van Sterkenburg referred to Zgusta as...
(Czechoslovakia/USA, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography - Benjamin ZimmerBenjamin ZimmerBenjamin Zimmer is an American linguist and lexicographer. He is the executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com. He was the "On Language" columnist for The New York Times Magazine from March 2010 to February 2011 and formerly a research associate at the University of...
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