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Abercrombie, David (1909–1992), phonetician
M. K. C. MacMahon
Abercrombie, David (1909–1992), phonetician, was born in Birkenhead on 19 December 1909, the eldest of the three sons and a daughter of the poet and critic Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938) and Catherine, née Gwatkin (1881–1968). One of his brothers was the biologist Michael Abercrombie (1912–1979)...
Adams, James (1737–1802), Jesuit and philologist
Stephen R. Reimer
Adams, James (1737–1802), Jesuit and philologist, was born on 3 November 1737 to William Adams and Anne or Sarah Spencer; he refers to Bury St Edmunds as his 'native town' (Euphonologia Linguae Anglicanae, 1794, 7). He was educated at the Jesuit college in ...
Aickin, Joseph (fl. 1693–1705?), grammarian
R. D. Smith
Aickin, Joseph (fl. 1693–1705?), grammarian, was, according to the title-page of his English Grammar (1693), a 'Schoolmaster in Fisher-street, near Red Lion Square in Holborn and lately one of the Masters of the Free-School of London-Derry'. An indication of his philosophy appears from the preface statement that English teachers cannot be more respected and better paid '...
Ainsworth, Robert (1660–1743), lexicographer and schoolmaster
Ainsworth, Robert (1660–1743), lexicographer and schoolmaster, was born in September 1660, probably at Wordsall, which, in the seventeenth century, was a collection of gentlemen's houses, in the parish of Eccles, about 4 miles from Manchester, the location cited by Dr Samuel Patrick in his preface to the second edition of ...
Aitken, (Adam) Jack (1921–1998), lexicographer and philologist
Caroline Macafee
Aitken, (Adam) Jack (1921–1998), lexicographer and philologist, was born on 19 June 1921 in Edinburgh, the only son and eldest of the three children of Adam Aitken (1896–1958), miner, and his first wife, Alexandrina Sutherland (1896–1931). He was baptized into the Church of Scotland...
Alexander, Louis George (1932–2002), language teacher and author
Christopher Brumfit
Alexander, Louis George (1932–2002), language teacher and author, was born Elias George Ftyaras on 15 January 1932 at 116 Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, London, the son of George Elias Ftyaras (b. c.1909), a Greek doctor who settled permanently in England, and his wife, ...
Allen, Alexander (1814–1842), philologist and classical scholar
James Mew
revised by John D. Haigh
Allen, Alexander (1814–1842), philologist and classical scholar, was born at Hackney, Middlesex, on 21 September 1814, the son of John Allen (1770–1839), a dissenting layman, schoolmaster, and author of A History of Modern Judaism (1816), and his wife, Charlotte Jane, née Ivory (...
Anwykyll, John (d. 1487), schoolmaster and grammarian
Nicholas Orme
Anwykyll, John (d. 1487), schoolmaster and grammarian, owned a surname, spelt in several ways, which is probably a variant of the place name Aldwincle in Northamptonshire. Anwykyll is first recorded as a student of grammar at Cambridge University in 1473–4, where he gained permission to graduate as a master of grammar in 1474–5. He next appears at Michaelmas 1483 as master of ...
Aram, Eugene (bap. 1704, d. 1759), murderer and philologist
Nancy Jane Tyson
Aram, Eugene (bap. 1704, d. 1759), murderer and philologist, was born at Ramsgill and baptized on 2 October 1704 at Middlesmoor, West Riding of Yorkshire. Little is known of his mother, but his father, Peter Aram (bap. 1667, d. 1735), employed as gardener to ...
Arkisden, Thomas (1608/9–1682), Church of England clergyman and writer of shorthand
Thompson Cooper
revised by John Considine
Arkisden, Thomas (1608/9–1682), Church of England clergyman and writer of shorthand, was probably born in Essex or Suffolk, one, probably the elder, of the two children of Thomas Arkisden, a minor landowner, and his wife, Francis, née Durrant. After his father's death, his guardian was his '...
Armstrong, Lilias Eveline (1882–1937), phonetician
R. E. Asher
Armstrong, Lilias Eveline (1882–1937), phonetician, born on 29 September 1882 at 152 Eccles New Road, Pendlebury, near Manchester, was the daughter of James William Armstrong, Free Methodist church minister, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Armstrong, née Hunter. On 24 September 1926, at the ...
Armstrong, Robert Archibald (1788–1867), lexicographer
W. Steven Dodd
Armstrong, Robert Archibald (1788–1867), lexicographer, was born at Kenmore, Perthshire, and was baptized on 16 February 1788 at Dull, Perthshire, the eldest son of Robert Armstrong and his wife, Mary McKercher. He was educated initially at home, and then in Edinburgh and at ...
Ash, John (1724–1779), lexicographer and grammarian
Alexander Gordon
revised by R. D. Smith
Ash, John (1724–1779), lexicographer and grammarian, was born in Stockland, Dorset; the details of his parents are unknown. At first a blacksmith's apprentice, he received encouragement from the minister of Loughwood, near Lyme, in whose parish he had been baptized, and from 1740 he studied for the Baptist ministry under ...
Atkinson, Robert (1839–1908), philologist
G. A. Grierson
Atkinson, Robert (1839–1908), philologist, born at Gateshead on 6 April 1839, was the only child of John Atkinson, who was a grocer there, and his wife, Ann. After education at the Anchorage grammar school close to his home from 1849 to 1856, he matriculated at ...
Auty, Robert (1914–1978), philologist
Gerald Stone
Auty, Robert (1914–1978), philologist, was born on 10 October 1914 at 31 Tooker Road, Rotherham, Yorkshire, the second son and youngest of the four children of George Auty, headmaster of an elementary school, and his wife, Martha Louise, née Richards. Robert's sister Phyllis...
Bailey, Sir Harold Walter (1899–1996)
Maker: Ronald Way
Bailey, Sir Harold Walter (1899–1996), Indo-Iranian scholar and philologist
Sir Harold Walter Bailey (1899–1996) by Ronald Way, 1972 © reserved / The President and Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge
J. L. Brockington
Bailey, Sir Harold Walter (1899–1996), Indo-Iranian scholar and philologist, was born on 16 December 1899 at 54 Northgate Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, one of three sons of Frederick Charles Bailey, labourer, and his wife, Emma Jane, née Richardt. When he was ten his parents moved to ...
Bailey, Nathan (bap. 1691, d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster
Michael Hancher
Bailey, Nathan (bap. 1691, d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster, was baptized on 7 October 1691 in Mill Yard church, a Seventh Day Baptist congregation in Goodman's Fields, Whitechapel, just east of the City of London. His church was opposed to infant baptism and ...
Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786–1861), philologist
revised by Paul Stamper
Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1786–1861), philologist, was born at Northampton on 16 June 1786, and was baptized on 25 July at the Castle Hill Independent Church, the daughter of Richard Baker and his wife, Ann. She was the younger sister of George Baker (1781–1851)...
Bannister, John (1816–1873), philologist
Bannister, John (1816–1873), philologist, was born at York on 25 February 1816, the son of David Bannister (1788–1854) and his wife, Elizabeth Greensides (1789–1864). From 1839 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied classics and Hebrew (BA, 1844; MA, 1853; LLB and LLD, 1866). He was ordained priest in 1845, and served as curate of ...