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<h2 id="a">A</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Maulvi_Abdul_Haq/MLbcX2Jq">Maulvi Abdul Haq</a> (India/Pakistan, 1872–1961) Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ivar_Aasen/LhBrCfRc">Ivar Aasen</a> (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abu_Amr_Ishaq_ibn_Mirar_al-Shaybani/zuLxHcnf">Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani</a> (Iraq, c. 738–828) Arabic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ilia_Abuladze/DQ5LBer7">Ilia Abuladze</a> (Georgia, 1901–1968) <a href="/facts/Old_Georgian_language/dS2q251Q">Old Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Christoph_Adelung/k3SH98FY">Johann Christoph Adelung</a> (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_J._Adler/AHl2Mc4q">George J. Adler</a> (Germany/US, 1821–1868) German/English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Ainsworth_(lexicographer)/9kP75BLA">Robert Ainsworth</a> (UK, 1660–1743) Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Jack_Aitken/UfdRkzCM">Adam Jack Aitken</a> (UK, 1921–1998) <a href="/facts/Scots_language/0qPof8oC">Scots language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Michael_Allaby/kE8CYlPb">John Michael Allaby</a> (UK, born 1933) English <a href="/facts/Language_for_specific_purposes/fgTK9mTm">LSP</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anthony_Allen_(lawyer)/nvewpNGW">Anthony Allen</a> (UK, late 17th century – 1754) obsolete English words</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_(lexicographer)/bSExGP91">Robert Allen</a> (UK, born 1944) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amerias/yqbBXqpG">Amerias</a> (Greece, 3rd century BC) <a href="/facts/Ancient_Macedonian_language/724e1XxN">Ancient Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ethan_Allen_Andrews_(lexicographer)/uXSDTvYn">Ethan Allen Andrews</a> (US, 1787–1858) Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Ani%25C4%2587/lbem4AXm">Vladimir Anić</a> (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vaman_Shivram_Apte/pXqNB07a">Vaman Shivram Apte</a> (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Aquilina/nSxPg178">Ġużè Aquilina</a> (Malta, 1911–1997) <a href="/facts/Maltese_language/Rgelh3pf">Maltese language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Aristophanes_of_Byzantium/8koUEhg7">Aristophanes of Byzantium</a> (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek</li> <li><a href="/facts/B._T._S._Atkins/LyV59hXs">Sue Atkins</a> (UK, 1931–2021) English/French bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ali_Azaykou/nCzR3vrN">Ali Azaykou</a> (Morocco, 1942–2004) <a href="/facts/Berber_languages/DnLruKYa">Berber languages</a></li></ul> <h2 id="b">B</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Albert_Bachmann_(philologist)/kdHeXL0M">Albert Bachmann</a> (Switzerland, 1863–1934) <a href="/facts/Swiss_German/a90wuKPb">Swiss German</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Bacon/qMJoNMRB">Francis Bacon</a> (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nathan_Bailey/PeUT97gE">Nathan Bailey</a> (UK, 1691–1742) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_of_Genoa/4FmbFTj5">Johannes Balbus</a> (Italy, died 1298) Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_W._Baller/JhCLDLB9">Frederick W. Baller</a> (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese</li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Barber/jIN839EX">Katherine Barber</a> (Canada, 1959–2021) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Henry_Barker/0FNesYwC">Edmund Henry Barker</a> (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clarence_Barnhart/zjQ9BlUW">Clarence Barnhart</a> (US, 1900–1993) English general dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Barnhart/EqKQN2q3">David Barnhart</a> (US, born 1941) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Barnhart/vwbpKALq">Robert Barnhart</a> (US, 1933–2007) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Barral/PNJ1VHjn">Louis Barral</a> (France, 1910–1999) French and <a href="/facts/Mon%25C3%25A9gasque_dialect/59mvQTz6">Monégasque</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grant_Barrett/D0DprQDs">Grant Barrett</a> (US, born 1970) English dictionary of slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Barrow_(historian)/r9GvL4bS">John Barrow</a> (UK, fl. 1735–1774) navigation and science</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marcos_E._Becerra/sfsScu01">Marcos E. Becerra</a> (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Beckett_(author)/hFFchRtg">Richard Beckett</a> (Australia, 1936–1987) English food guides</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Bedwell/RqLDsfu3">William Bedwell</a> (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ivan_Belostenec/PSblRcpS">Ivan Belostenec</a> (Croatia, 1594–1675) <a href="/facts/Illyrian_languages/VIsJzVb5">Illyrian</a> and Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henning_Bergenholtz/u5cEVUcP">Henning Bergenholtz</a> (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eric_Blom/uE3t40Va">Eric Blom</a> (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Blount_(lexicographer)/2F0Yck3R">Thomas Blount</a> (UK, 1618–1679) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Blust/LTdtG2br">Robert Blust</a> (US, 1940–2022) <a href="/facts/Austronesian_languages/jpygNVzl">Austronesian languages</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Boissiere/m3sL3oQ0">Jean-Baptiste Boissiere</a> (France, 1806–1885) French thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Bowler_(lexicographer)/KSBneF0X">Peter Bowler</a> (Australia, living) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abel_Boyer/G7M5W3J7">Abel Boyer</a> (France, c. 1667–1729) French and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dan_Beach_Bradley/9FIkdW1M">Dan Beach Bradley</a> (US, 1845–1923) <a href="/facts/Thai_language/PnaLdG77">Siamese</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Bradley/DB81cpeg">Henry Bradley</a> (UK, 1845–1923) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jim_Breen/al8G0a4N">Jim Breen</a> (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ebenezer_Cobham_Brewer/HVQ7vycx">Ebenezer Cobham Brewer</a> (UK, 1810–1897) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Brinkley/jwJM3t4z">Francis Brinkley</a> (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nathan_Brown_(missionary)/exhIeS5l">Nathan Brown</a> (US/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) <a href="/facts/Assamese_language/rS7BqK0P">Assamese</a> and Japanese</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aleksander_Br%25C3%25BCckner/Fwktl4oA">Aleksander Brückner</a> (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kazimieras_B%25C5%25ABga/xczshCMI">Kazimieras Būga</a> (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Bullokar/tdoLK2Lf">John Bullokar</a> (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Burchfield/s6Ihotvw">Robert Burchfield</a> (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Coke_Burnell/4Gr6R02p">Arthur Coke Burnell</a> (England and India, 1840–1882), co-compiler of <i><a href="/facts/Hobson-Jobson/XJpDnTFh">Hobson-Jobson</a></i> Anglo-Indian</li></ul> <h2 id="c">C</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ambrogio_Calepino/jArQBa1K">Ambrogio Calepino</a> (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Angus_Cameron_(academic)/E6GIbm4P">Angus Cameron</a> (Canada, 1941–1983) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joachim_Heinrich_Campe/oCKkV8M2">Joachim Heinrich Campe</a> (Germany, 1746–1818) German</li> <li><a href="/facts/Emanuel_Nunes_Carvalho/7nbasMNu">Emanuel Nunes Carvalho</a> (UK/US, 1771–1817) Hebrew</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Castell/RsQCtmAT">Edmund Castell</a> (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Cawdrey/IWqF8sYn">Robert Cawdrey</a> (UK, c. 1538–1604) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pranas_%25C4%258Cep%25C4%2597nas/Roet6KAl">Pranas Čepėnas</a> (Lithuania/US, 1899–1980) Lithuanian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mohamed_Chafik/YgpLa2XA">Mohamed Chafik</a> (Morocco, born 1926) Berber</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_L._Chapman/LUuqQa3y">Robert L. Chapman</a> (US, 1920–2002) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nikoloz_Cholokashvili/FnWeATo7">Nikoloz Cholokashvili</a> (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Chubinashvili/HzI5o7mf">David Chubinashvili</a> (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Chyet/kyoGjfWr">Michael Chyet</a> (US, born 1957) Kurdish</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sa%25C3%25AFd_Cid_Kaoui/LMkXYjL7">Saïd Cid Kaoui</a> (Algeria, 1859–1910) Berber</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cigerxw%25C3%25AEn/2yTPu2V0">Cigerxwîn</a> (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) <a href="/facts/Kurdish_languages/6LSckYAz">Kurdish language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Cockeram/p4Laeuav">Henry Cockeram</a> (UK, 17th century) English and Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Herbert_Coleridge/ra6pUyoe">Herbert Coleridge</a> (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elisha_Coles/UI85UrMh">Elisha Coles</a> (UK, c. 1608–1688) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Cooper_(bishop)/BWEmBttT">Thomas Cooper</a> (UK, c. 1517–1594) English and Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Randle_Cotgrave/b0wLrNgf">Randle Cotgrave</a> (UK, died 1634) English and French</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Craig_(geologist)/o3oTTaM2">John Craig</a> (UK, 1796–1880), English</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Craigie/ARfnhbeH">William Craigie</a> (UK/US, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jane_Tapsubei_Creider/EXIekVhb">Jane Tapsubei Creider</a> (Kenya, fl. 1989–2001) <a href="/facts/Nandi%25E2%2580%2593Markweta_languages/UUpr04eR">Nandi language</a></li></ul> <h2 id="d">D</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Dahl/lMKypmIp">Vladimir Dahl</a> (Russia, 1801–1872) <i><a href="/facts/Explanatory_Dictionary_of_the_Live_Great_Russian_language/b53MDK82">Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Anderson_Dana/8QH8kNkb">Charles Anderson Dana</a> (US, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_William_Danker/QgQe1Fqo">Frederick William Danker</a> (US, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon</li> <li><a href="/facts/%25C4%2590%25C3%25A0o_Duy_Anh/aYAr1Bod">Đào Duy Anh</a> (Vietnam, 1904–1988) Scholarly <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese</a>, <i>Pháp-Việt Từ điển</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Khudiram_Das/QhoMATBK">Khudiram Das</a> (India, 1916–2002) Bengali-<a href="/facts/Santali_language/Sn6ow0oI">Santali</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Davies_(Mallwyd)/j9tdTry3">John Davies</a> (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom%25C3%25A1s_de_Bhaldraithe/vFUaSlmT">Tomás de Bhaldraithe</a> (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Quinby_De_Funiak/PAw3ljuk">William Quinby De Funiak</a> (US, 1901–1981) American and British</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ali-Akbar_Dehkhoda/5jVVdF4w">Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda</a> (Iran, 1879–1956) extensive dictionary in Persian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Delaporte/NBzzdHlQ">Philip Delaporte</a> (Germany/US, 1868–1928) German and <a href="/facts/Nauruan_language/56lgSVwq">Nauruan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francesco_della_Penna/1nhLor5T">Francesco della Penna</a> (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susie_Dent/vRNe4P0s">Susie Dent</a> (UK, born 1964) English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Christian_Diez/y5h5W4rA">Friedrich Christian Diez</a> (Germany, 1794–1876) etymological dictionary of Romance languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patrick_S._Dinneen/aboQuXMu">Patrick S. Dinneen</a> (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Josef_Dobrovsk%25C3%25BD/M7ustVX9">Josef Dobrovský</a> (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacob_Ludwig_D%25C3%25B6hne/6XjLLdnX">Jacob Ludwig Döhne</a> (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) <a href="/facts/Zulu_language/qzd3p6Yr">Zulu</a> and English bilingual</li> <li>Franz Dornseiff (Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Drisler/VUje6Gq8">Henry Drisler</a> (US, 1818–1939) Latin dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Konrad_Duden/JjPTuWra">Konrad Duden</a> (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_Dwelly/C9A1YXmw">Edward Dwelly</a> (UK, 1864–1939) <a href="/facts/Scottish_Gaelic/KMI4MmzJ">Scottish Gaelic</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Dyche/MR7JVr28">Thomas Dyche</a> (UK, late 17th century – 1733) English language spelling</li></ul> <h2 id="e">E</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Eugene_Ehrlich/geMSIPnB">Eugene Ehrlich</a> (US, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ernst_Johann_Eitel/ekHnKL5e">Ernst Johann Eitel</a> (Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Eliot_(missionary)/rIp69XzE">John Eliot</a> (UK/US, 1604–1690) <a href="/facts/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas/phwWNwhJ">Native American</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Karim_Emami/AkSutl0h">Karim Emami</a> (Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leo_James_English/FntXDJ1J">Leo James English</a> (Australia/Philippines, 1907–1997) <a href="/facts/Tagalog_language/G8UARRIl">Tagalog</a> and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adolf_Erman/ynM9pQlc">Adolf Erman</a> (Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Estienne/xwdDVVJI">Robert Estienne</a> (France, 1503–1559) Latin thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daniel_Silvan_Evans/ehPzUHM4">Daniel Silvan Evans</a> (Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Avraham_Even-Shoshan/jF056HQA">Avraham Even-Shoshan</a> (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general</li></ul> <h2 id="f">F</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Fairuzabadi/xP2Dz62b">Fairuzabadi</a> (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive</li> <li><a href="/facts/Al-Khalil_ibn_Ahmad_al-Farahidi/sHDYYmBS">Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi</a> (Basra, 718–791) Arabic language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fortunato_Felice/JRgG61yv">Fortunato Felice</a> (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christiane_Fellbaum/Q4Ftu3mJ">Christiane Fellbaum</a> (Germany/US, living) German and English cognitive linguistics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean-Fran%25C3%25A7ois_F%25C3%25A9raud/f1DzgWvG">Jean-François Féraud</a> (France, 1725–1807) French critical dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_J._Fillmore/TeCE62aP">Charles J. Fillmore</a> (US, 1929–2014) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stuart_Berg_Flexner/o7nRBBt2">Stuart Berg Flexner</a> (US, 1928–1990) English dictionary of slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Florio/KKw9ayXY">John Florio</a> (England, 1553–1625) comprehensive Italian to English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henrik_Florinus/3kUvryrU">Henrik Florinus</a> (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Gottfried_Fl%25C3%25BCgel/Tme3WWxv">Johann Gottfried Flügel</a> (Germany/US, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Watson_Fowler/D2ge7NbG">Henry Watson Fowler</a> (UK, 1858–1933) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sami_Frash%25C3%25ABri/Vz4bgNQr">Sami Frashëri</a> (also Şemseddin Sâmi) (<a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a>, 1850–1904) <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Turkish/z17YMfhT">Ottoman Turkish</a>, Arabic, French</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_O._Fraser/eqczjkM9">James O. Fraser</a> (UK/China, 1886–1938) <a href="/facts/Lisu_language/4v9Dbn2J">Lisu language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Freund/aRbhvdXE">Wilhelm Freund</a> (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jens_Andreas_Friis/WxxMENEE">Jens Andreas Friis</a> (Norway, 1821–1896) <a href="/facts/Sami_languages/A5pnbf3y">Sami language</a> general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johan_Fritzner/FTHgtXcC">Johan Fritzner</a> (Norway, 1812–1893) <a href="/facts/Old_Norse/3dIvgsm5">Old Norse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Frolla/RIFwlh6E">Louis Frolla</a> (Monaco, 1904–1978) French and <a href="/facts/Mon%25C3%25A9gasque_dialect/59mvQTz6">Monégasque</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Isaac_Kaufmann_Funk/CdHRyT5Y">Isaac Kaufmann Funk</a> (US, 1839–1912) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antoine_Fureti%25C3%25A8re/GBWfJtdT">Antoine Furetière</a> (France, 1619–1688) French universal</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_James_Furnivall/pymgeJyr">Frederick James Furnivall</a> (UK, 1825–1910) English historical</li></ul> <h2 id="g">G</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Brent_Galloway/FeMl81GQ">Brent Galloway</a> (US, 1944–2014) Native American languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cristfried_Ganander/ntTg6McA">Cristfried Ganander</a> (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marie_de_Garis/WHeAzepY">Marie de Garis</a> (UK, 1910–2010) <a href="/facts/Guern%25C3%25A9siais/dwnakhab">Guernésiais</a> language general dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johannes_de_Garlandia_(philologist)/9IRtjQhW">Johannes de Garlandia</a> (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bryan_A._Garner/wRp0a89v">Bryan A. Garner</a> (US, born 1958) English general and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dirk_Geeraerts/XlUr6Vwc">Dirk Geeraerts</a> (Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nayden_Gerov/EDVR6qcR">Nayden Gerov</a> (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Gilliver/FUzwKeuP">Peter Gilliver</a> (UK, born 1964) English historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rudolph_Goclenius/jFA8Jv6W">Rudolph Goclenius</a> (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacob_Golius/Q8TCRTdm">Jacob Golius</a> (Netherlands, 1596–1667) Arabic and Persian to Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chauncey_Allen_Goodrich/IszRbQbM">Chauncey Allen Goodrich</a> (US, 1790–1860) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philip_Babcock_Gove/yfvmu2sw">Philip Babcock Gove</a> (US, 1902–1972) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Herbert_Gray/f9zlN7yk">Louis Herbert Gray</a> (US, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jonathon_Green/a6flX9Go">Jonathon Green</a> (UK, born 1948) English slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacob_Ludwig_Carl_Grimm/6qdM4ksF">Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm</a> (Germany, 1785–1863) German historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Hindes_Groome/hbvQEXgM">Francis Hindes Groome</a> (UK, 1851–1902) <a href="/facts/Romani_languages/NouAKyrh">Gypsy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Grose/keEBskyI">Francis Grose</a> (UK, c. 1730–1791) English historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hermann_Gundert/NjpfXvSl">Hermann Gundert</a> (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosario_Mar%25C3%25ADa_Guti%25C3%25A9rrez_Eskildsen/3ThmFL6b">Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen</a> (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karl_G%25C3%25BCtzlaff/INJ40nnr">Karl Gützlaff</a> (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) <a href="/facts/Khmer_language/RVR7NyzQ">Cambodian</a> and Chinese</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bartol_Gyurgieuvits/fHWettwW">Bartol Gyurgieuvits</a> (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual</li></ul> <h2 id="h">H</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mary_Rosamund_Haas/bwBrPrCM">Mary Rosamund Haas</a> (US, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai</li> <li><a href="/facts/Soleiman_Haim/plLsMkJG">Soleiman Haim</a> (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patrick_Hanks/aHLSGAfu">Patrick Hanks</a> (UK, 1940–2024) English language general, <a href="/facts/Onomastics/b6g8Yszk">onomastic</a>, and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Ernst_Hanxleden/3NQf1nJL">Johann Ernst Hanxleden</a> (Germany/India, 1681–1732) <a href="/facts/Malayalam/YLuvDWd3">Malayalam</a>, Sanskrit and Portuguese dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Orin_Hargraves/CA4KrFAT">Orin Hargraves</a> (US, born 1953) English dictionary of slang and rhyme</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Harkavy/r8Rs6egg">Alexander Harkavy</a> (Belarus/US, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Torrey_Harris/afPCPeHl">William Torrey Harris</a> (US, 1835–1909) philosophy, English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Reinhard_Hartmann/onAdpIGd">Reinhard Hartmann</a> (Austria/UK, born 1938) Austrian and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Einar_Ingvald_Haugen/cuy0Rd77">Einar Ingvald Haugen</a> (Norway/US, 1906–1994) <a href="/facts/Old_Norse/3dIvgsm5">Old Norse</a>, Norwegian and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joyce_Hawkins/IdbNTNSw">Joyce Hawkins</a> (England, 1928–1992) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/S.I._Hayakawa/YJU8oJEN">S.I. Hayakawa</a> (Canada/US, 1906–1992), biographical directory of US Congress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Benjamin_Hedericus/99tmUfK6">Benjamin Hedericus</a> (Germany, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Heehler/x1BNIAlv">Tom Heehler</a> (US, born 1963) <a href="/facts/The_Well-Spoken_Thesaurus/x1BNIAlv">The Well-Spoken Thesaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Heilprin/Qm5IMJUc">Michael Heilprin</a> (Poland/US, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Curtis_Hepburn/WgsrlUXT">James Curtis Hepburn</a> (US/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_George_Herbermann/ce5IjBgv">Charles George Herbermann</a> (Germany/US, 1840–1916) English language LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hesychius_of_Alexandria/mCHIHuBb">Hesychius of Alexandria</a> (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Christian_August_Heyse/bPBgMVrI">Johann Christian August Heyse</a> (Germany, 1764–1829) German dictionary of loan words</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jack_Hibberd/owPdaq2W">Jack Hibberd</a> (Australia, born 1940) English dictionary of slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hoke_Sein/vFLn1Gsb">Hoke Sein</a> (Myanmar, 1890–1984) Universal Burmese-English-Pali</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aur%25C3%25A9lio_Buarque_de_Holanda_Ferreira/Gs68ruzA">Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira</a> (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese-language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Holwell/aGg7dVf1">William Holwell</a> (1726–1798), English classicist and cleric</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Holyoake/Cm6jA8rL">Francis Holyoake</a> (UK, 1567–1653) English etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/A._S._Hornby/Tp9fgfGx">A. S. Hornby</a> (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English learners'</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Camden_Hotten/aULRztrt">John Camden Hotten</a> (UK, 1832–1873) English slang, <i><a href="/facts/A_Dictionary_of_Modern_Slang%2c_Cant%2c_and_Vulgar_Words/cAyAYWUF">A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ant%25C3%25B4nio_Houaiss/LSnhsA6C">Antônio Houaiss</a> (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Howard/taC1h3VH">Richard Howard</a> (US, born 1929) French and English translation</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_Wilhelm_Hupel/NU3I06FV">August Wilhelm Hupel</a> (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Hunter_(Encyclop%25C3%25A6dist)/Kc7tnxWB">Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist)</a> (England, 1823–1897), lead editor of Encyclopædic Dictionary</li></ul> <h2 id="i">I</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jonah_ibn_Janah/5CmBnjtG">Jonah ibn Janah</a> (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew lexicon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ibn_Manzur/jtddtWk4">Ibn Manzur</a> (Maghreb Arabia, 1233–1312) Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laurynas_Ivinskis/DgpCLdXq">Laurynas Ivinskis</a> (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian bilingual</li></ul> <h2 id="j">J</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jin_Qizong/sEUrvul6">Jin Qizong</a> (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Jamieson/r50Gjjxy">John Jamieson</a> (UK, 1759–1838) <a href="/facts/Scots_language/0qPof8oC">Lowland Scots</a> language etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marcus_Jastrow/SWKG1ywq">Marcus Jastrow</a> (Poland, 1829–1903) <a href="/facts/Talmud/8416nnBV">Talmudic</a> language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jauhari/D257T760">Jauhari</a> (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christian_Gottlieb_J%25C3%25B6cher/gS0AGR0q">Christian Gottlieb Jöcher</a> (Germany, 1694–1758) German biographical</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_of_Genoa/4FmbFTj5">John of Genoa</a> → <a href="/facts/Johannes_Balbus/4FmbFTj5">Johannes Balbus</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Johnson/yl89qQ3t">Samuel Johnson</a> (UK, 1709–1784) English general, <i><a href="/facts/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language/Df0XgWuM">A Dictionary of the English Language</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Keith_Johnston_(1804%25E2%2580%25931871)/RTqFokcB">Alexander Keith Johnston</a> (UK, 1804–1871) English LSP dictionary and atlas</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dafydd_Glyn_Jones/CgAQbfFb">Dafydd Glyn Jones</a> (Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eliza_Grew_Jones/QSgXhfTa">Eliza Grew Jones</a> (US/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Stuart_Jones/WYqNECvf">Henry Stuart Jones</a> (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Josephs_(scholar)/WxWHUqKM">Michael Josephs</a> (Prussia/UK, 1763–1849), English and Hebrew</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adoniram_Judson/myHHpBN4">Adoniram Judson</a> (US/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Jungmann/7vgFpuyr">Joseph Jungmann</a> (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daniel_Juslenius/jzHfuIPX">Daniel Juslenius</a> (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish general</li></ul> <h2 id="k">K</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Vuk_Stefanovi%25C4%2587_Karad%25C5%25BEi%25C4%2587/dIHJdL1g">Vuk Stefanović Karadžić</a> (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mahmud_al-Kashgari/7DSdh2Vl">Mahmud al-Kashgari</a> (Turkey, 1005–1102), <a href="/facts/Uyghur_language/RdlQY3hQ">Uyghur language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bartol_Ka%25C5%25A1i%25C4%2587/1tFc9N0X">Bartol Kašić</a> (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Samuel_Kenyon/ArKqU8IH">John Samuel Kenyon</a> (US, 1874–1959) English pronunciation</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adam_Kilgarriff/HSP20v75">Adam Kilgarriff</a> (UK, 1960–2015) English and computer lexicography</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Ann_Kipfer/TY7B77bB">Barbara Ann Kipfer</a> (US, born 1954) English general and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ferdinand_Kittel/s45XaYkF">Ferdinand Kittel</a> (Germany/India, 1832–1903) <a href="/facts/Kannada/cooJ3trn">Kannada</a> and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Friedrich_Kluge/tRl5mUI0">Friedrich Kluge</a> (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grzegorz_Knapski/T0SuEnpN">Grzegorz Knapski</a> (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Knowles_(lexicographer)/FDsc20uv">James Knowles</a> (UK, 1759–1840) English pronunciation</li> <li><a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Kopali%25C5%2584ski/htLLXNmW">Władysław Kopaliński</a> (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Emmanuel_Kriaras/oaPly0ty">Emmanuel Kriaras</a> (Greece, 1906–2014) Greek historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raphael_Kuhner/oN4H6pQF">Raphael Kuhner</a> (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hans_Kurath/BpPPWl91">Hans Kurath</a> (Austria/US, 1891–1992) English historical, dialect atlas</li></ul> <h2 id="l">L</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sita_Ram_Lalas/956Me4Q0">Sita Ram Lalas</a> (India, 1908–1986) <a href="/facts/Rajasthani_language/BKdEulmS">Rajasthani language</a> historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilfred_G._Lambert/dNVc1bqJ">Wilfred G. Lambert</a> (England, 1926–2011) <a href="/facts/Assyriology/Qbcm4UyU">Assyrian language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Edward_William_Lane/BtSHJjHg">Edward William Lane</a> (1801–1876) translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pierre_Larousse/t1S1TYYj">Pierre Larousse</a> (France, 1817–1875) French general dictionary and encyclopedic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donald_Laycock/T43SLQHr">Donald Laycock</a> (Australia, 1936–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Legge/GaA2EB36">James Legge</a> (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_William_Lemon/AjQQyq70">George William Lemon</a> (UK, 1726–1797) English etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Lempri%25C3%25A8re/U1UIGtGo">John Lemprière</a> (Jersey, 1765–1824) dictionary of classical proper names</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlton_Thomas_Lewis/QbRj3FLK">Charlton Thomas Lewis</a> (1834–1904) Latin and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_von_Lexer/PmcGP5uS">Matthias von Lexer</a> (Germany, 1830–1892) German historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Li_Fanwen/5xjFgVKe">Li Fanwen</a> (China, born 1932) Tangut and Chinese bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Liddell/ynuhrrec">Henry Liddell</a> (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sven_Lidman_(lexicographer)/6bp0SPrg">Sven Lidman</a> (Sweden, 1921–2011) Swedish encyclopedic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lin_Yutang/6zFvHFbT">Lin Yutang</a> (China/US, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Linde/sgDd0ybq">Samuel Linde</a> (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/%25C3%2589mile_Littr%25C3%25A9/yTl6Ppv3">Émile Littré</a> (France, 1801–1881) French language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_Lloyd_(lexicographer)/frj9EQgY">Thomas Lloyd</a> (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elias_L%25C3%25B6nnrot/510o7JdF">Elias Lönnrot</a> (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual</li></ul> <h2 id="m">M</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mackintosh_MacKay/gnm0N6nH">Mackintosh MacKay</a> (Scotland, 1793–1873) probable earliest dictionary of Scots Gaelic (1828)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stepan_Malkhasyants/2kxVXKj6">Stepan Malkhasyants</a> (Armenia, 1857–1947) <a href="/facts/Armenian_language/tELuE2wG">Armenian language</a> historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mouloud_Mammeri/oaWQFSar">Mouloud Mammeri</a> (Algeria, 1917–1989) <a href="/facts/Berber_languages/DnLruKYa">Tamazight</a> lexicography</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Andrew_March/6VCSJJuB">Francis Andrew March</a> (US, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_Mason_(missionary)/a32Gm4Ja">Francis Mason</a> (UK/US/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese</li> <li><a href="/facts/Percy_C._Mather/nR4B47qw">Percy C. Mather</a> (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Henry_Mathews/EKodR2yP">Robert Henry Mathews</a> (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Mattheson/GwSNgeSz">Johann Mattheson</a> (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_McArthur_(linguist)/n6TRkB8T">Tom McArthur</a> (UK), Dictionary Research Centre, <a href="/facts/University_of_Exeter/kKtzMCAM">University of Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Erin_McKean/LNLWxf34">Erin McKean</a> (US, born 1971) English general and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lambert_McKenna/QkHKuD21">Lambert McKenna</a> (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walter_Henry_Medhurst/JyjAwl7C">Walter Henry Medhurst</a> (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Igor_Mel%2527%25C4%258Duk/aYw5Kb5c">Igor Mel'čuk</a> (Russia/Canada, born 1932) French</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gilles_M%25C3%25A9nage/QEk6UWdz">Gilles Ménage</a> (France, 1613–1692) etymological dictionary of French</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francisci_a_Mesgnien_Meninski/DoKDaLD6">Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski</a> (1623–1698) first large Turkish-to-Latin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Meyer-L%25C3%25BCbke/z0mEpR0y">Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke</a> (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Minamoto_no_Shitag%25C5%258D/rW1mvG4Q">Minamoto no Shitagō</a> (Japan, 911–983) Japanese thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Chester_Minor/HdXIB7DJ">William Chester Minor</a> (Sri Lanka/US/UK, 1834–1920) English historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Minsheu/NLqyhFCg">John Minsheu</a> (England, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual, 11-language multilingual dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mar%25C3%25ADa_Moliner/2VB4gVgp">María Moliner</a> (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Judah_Monis/0X9zvuWu">Judah Monis</a> (US, 1683–1764) Hebrew language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Monroe/Pp0CdtDd">Paul Monroe</a> (US, 1869–1947) English encyclopedic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Morohashi_Tetsuji/IBSdyWMA">Morohashi Tetsuji</a> (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Morrison_(missionary)/4A0qqLQd">Robert Morrison</a> (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mahshid_Moshiri/pEFq7U7m">Mahshid Moshiri</a> (Iran, born 1951) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Moxon/HaSXlptd">Joseph Moxon</a> (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/K%25C4%2581rlis_M%25C4%25ABlenbahs/hTqGoBWq">Kārlis Mīlenbahs</a> (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Max_M%25C3%25BCller/k26RMTsu">Wilhelm Max Müller</a> (Germany/US, 1862–1919) Hebrew language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Monier_Monier-Williams/SDP5WncC">Monier Monier-Williams</a> (India/UK, 1819–1899) Sanskrit English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pamela_Munro/7nLGz0Fn">Pamela Munro</a> (US, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Murray_(lexicographer)/jnnWuKBm">James Murray</a> (UK, 1837–1915) English historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_M%25C3%25BCller/crB4gfjH">Vladimir Müller</a> (Russia, 1880 – before 1943) English–Russian</li></ul> <h2 id="n">N</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hajime_Nakamura/umjVVQ4w">Hajime Nakamura</a> (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nathan_ben_Jehiel/WSH96L1J">Nathan ben Jehiel</a> (Italy, c. 1035–1106) Hebrew</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Allen_Neilson/buupp2CN">William Allen Neilson</a> (UK/US, 1869–1946) English general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Nelson_(lexicographer)/KXz5aFYE">Andrew Nelson</a> (US/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Nicot/bsUyVuFc">Jean Nicot</a> (France, 1530–1600) French historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sandro_Nielsen/j4e929Qm">Sandro Nielsen</a> (Denmark, born 1961) Danish LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Njattyela_Sreedharan/6IhHqxm3">Njattyela Sreedharan</a> (India, born 1938) Dravidian languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nonius_Marcellus/JXDqxuLE">Nonius Marcellus</a> (Italy, 3rd/4th centuries) Latin lexicon</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerry_Norman_(sinologist)/gyjUjkKQ">Jerry Norman</a> (US, 1936–2012) <a href="/facts/Manchu_language/5FNskcAr">Manchu</a>-English</li></ul> <h2 id="o">O</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Niall_%25C3%2593_D%25C3%25B3naill/XPvSmVWh">Niall Ó Dónaill</a> (Ireland, 1908–1995) Irish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Ogilvie_(lexicographer)/gLgNl1h2">John Ogilvie</a> (UK, 1797–1867) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Talbut_Onions/44C0FF0f">Charles Talbut Onions</a> (UK, 1873–1965) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sulkhan-Saba_Orbeliani/P5SKoSNQ">Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani</a> (Georgia, 1658–1725) <a href="/facts/Georgian_language/DoKtMLfq">Georgian language</a> general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oros_of_Alexandria/3CqaU2fC">Oros of Alexandria</a> (Egypt?, 5th century) Ancient Greek language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Osbern_of_Gloucester/lhjaFbCA">Osbern of Gloucester</a> (UK, 1123–1200) Latin language etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flora_Osete/zGNB2EGn">Flora Osete</a> (Spain, 1883–?), Spanish language</li> <li><a href="/facts/%25C5%258Ctsuki_Fumihiko/x0Awuzvd">Ōtsuki Fumihiko</a> (Japan, 1847–1928) Japanese language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sergei_Ozhegov/WWM9yWFf">Sergei Ozhegov</a> (Russia, 1900–1964) Russian language general</li></ul> <h2 id="p">P</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cond%25C3%25A9_Benoist_Pallen/Eq4yzH9I">Condé Benoist Pallen</a> (US, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alfredo_Panzini/hd4L15pg">Alfredo Panzini</a> (Italy, 1863–1939) Italian general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eric_Partridge/U6cMxmtc">Eric Partridge</a> (New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/Franz_Passow/GQLmmHro">Franz Passow</a> (Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hermann_Paul/rMCI2e2h">Hermann Paul</a> (Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andrew_Pawley/zTr9KBGR">Andrew Pawley</a> (Australia/New Zealand, born 1941) Austronesian languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clemente_Peani/YMGUjLuz">Clemente Peani</a> (Italy/India, 1731–1782) <a href="/facts/Malayalam/YLuvDWd3">Malayalam</a> language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Peck/JuFXJMFK">Edmund Peck</a> (Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aaron_Peckham/PJIXKg4e">Aaron Peckham</a> (US) English language slang</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philitas_of_Cos/kSp1YVuP">Philitas of Cos</a> (Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek glossary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Philo_of_Byblos/NygqIral">Philo of Byblos</a> (Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek dictionary of synonyms</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sreekanteswaram_Padmanabha_Pillai/zaevqm9Y">Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai</a> (India, 1864–1946) Malayalam dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Iwo_Cyprian_Pogonowski/5Jnzk93N">Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski</a> (Poland, US, 1921–2016) Polish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Julius_Pollux/Bfh3ffLU">Julius Pollux</a> (Egypt/Greece, 2nd century) Ancient Greek thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Noah_Porter/U0rfK9gb">Noah Porter</a> (US, 1811–1892) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Malachy_Postlewayt/ah01jk5h">Malachy Postlewayt</a> (UK, c. 1707–1767) English language LSP</li></ul> <h2 id="r">R</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ola_Raknes/jC5sD9pv">Ola Raknes</a> (Norway/US, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stanislovas_Rapalionis/0EjeoNqU">Stanislovas Rapalionis</a> (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rasmus_Christian_Rask/hVXIXmgc">Rasmus Christian Rask</a> (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Allen_Walker_Read/7Efp4APh">Allen Walker Read</a> (US, 1906–2002) English language glossary</li> <li><a href="/facts/James_Redhouse/pSo4Lv4E">James Redhouse</a> (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gustaf_Renvall/RM1QvuHu">Gustaf Renvall</a> (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alain_Rey/sqy2G9cU">Alain Rey</a> (France, 1928–2020) French language general and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Reynolds/IDXk69vM">Barbara Reynolds</a> (UK, 1914–2015) Italian language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kel_Richards/ga3120Pv">Kel Richards</a> (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect</li> <li><a href="/facts/C%25C3%25A9sar-Pierre_Richelet/J7kwqFaN">César-Pierre Richelet</a> (French, 1626–1698) French language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Rider_(bishop)/YFt7FEBe">John Rider</a> (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Rider/sqJKaFVu">William Rider</a> (UK, 1723–1785) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mark_Ridley_(physician)/mlq5aYYj">Mark Ridley</a> (England, 1560 – c. 1624) Russian/English and English/Russian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Robert_(lexicographer)/YqJopuCD">Paul Robert</a> (French, 1910–1980) French language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_Roper/5gJDJhKl">Nancy Roper</a> (UK, 1918–2004) Nursing and medical dictionaries</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Francis_Charles_Rock/5VjdhhKY">Joseph Francis Charles Rock</a> (Austria/US/China, 1884–1962) <a href="/facts/Naxi_language/79Qasce1">Naxi</a> and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Mark_Roget/HMEn0HCf">Peter Mark Roget</a> (UK, 1779–1869) English thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leo_Rosten/LES2cV2e">Leo Rosten</a> (Poland–Russia/US, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon</li></ul> <h2 id="s">S</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rachel_Saint/A3ahhbwh">Rachel Saint</a> (US/Ecuador/Africa, 1914–1994) Waorani dictionary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_de_La_Curne_de_Sainte-Palaye/AxRWSvav">Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye</a> (France, 1697–1781) French glossary</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Salesbury/J1Vzpz9W">William Salesbury</a> (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pekka_Sammallahti/tclLKnon">Pekka Sammallahti</a> (Finland, born 1947) <a href="/facts/Sami_languages/A5pnbf3y">Sámi</a> dictionaries</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daniel_Sanders_(lexicographer)/BpJ2UAmP">Daniel Sanders</a> (Germany, 1819–1897) German general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Francisco_J._Santamar%25C3%25ADa/TeIo93ha">Francisco J. Santamaría</a> (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish dictionary of Americanisms</li> <li><a href="/facts/Irene_Saunders/CssXDIBa">Irene Saunders</a> (US/China, living) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Valentin_Schindler/ozvfTVr4">Valentin Schindler</a> (Germany, died 1604) Hebrew et al. five-language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steinar_Schj%25C3%25B8tt/8z8EN8BU">Steinar Schjøtt</a> (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johann_Gottlob_Schneider/jntznJbV">Johann Gottlob Schneider</a> (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ericus_Schroderus/aD84x3s1">Ericus Schroderus</a> (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/August_Schumann/xKQS1SwB">August Schumann</a> (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony</li> <li><a href="/facts/Norman_W._Schur/fCvJ6AyT">Norman W. Schur</a> (US, 1907–1992) English lexicons</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Scott_(philologist)/40QafcsY">Robert Scott</a> (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kurt_Heinrich_Sethe/YEToSk4N">Kurt Heinrich Sethe</a> (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Sewall/3oRzVc21">Stephen Sewall</a> (US, 1734–1804) Hebrew language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sextus_Pompeius_Festus/bISGg3jH">Sextus Pompeius Festus</a> (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shan-ul-Haq_Haqqee/TsRvMtAU">Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee</a> (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jesse_Sheidlower/RPmE6oxE">Jesse Sheidlower</a> (US, born 1968) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_A._Sherwood/hqjRDdkP">Thomas A. Sherwood</a> (US, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Shulman/SuXcqhhM">David Shulman</a> (US, 1912–2004) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Natalia_Shvedova/73RYcRqo">Natalia Shvedova</a> (Russia, 1916–2009) Russian language explanatory</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johannes_Silvet/J2nml3Yj">Johannes Silvet</a> (Estonia, 1895–1979) Estonian and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Simpson_(lexicographer)/1Pmd90zC">John Simpson</a> (UK, born 1953) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_McHardy_Sinclair/bcw1GaAy">John McHardy Sinclair</a> (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learners'</li> <li><a href="/facts/Konstantinas_Sirvydas/UYGvmdHt">Konstantinas Sirvydas</a> (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephen_Skinner_(lexicographer)/2YA9bK2h">Stephen Skinner</a> (UK, 1623–1667) English etymological</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johan_Kristian_Skougaard/Inu3XzFU">Johan Kristian Skougaard</a> (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nicholas_Slonimsky/tXoGbE7n">Nicholas Slonimsky</a> (Russia, 1894–1995) Musicology, biography and literary criticism</li> <li><a href="/facts/Benjamin_Eli_Smith/o5F2QB3n">Benjamin Eli Smith</a> (US, 1857–1913) English general and LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Smith_(lexicographer)/L0TvekTP">John Smith</a> (US, died 1809) Hebrew</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Smith_(lexicographer)/FMSstmWB">William Smith</a> (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Knut_Fredrik_S%25C3%25B6derwall/Fj9yk5nr">Knut Fredrik Söderwall</a> (Sweden, 1842–1924) Old Swedish</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Edward_Soothill/yhyDqhfa">William Edward Soothill</a> (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lewis_Spence/bcDwf7GT">Lewis Spence</a> (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Spiers/BanF3v7s">Alexander Spiers</a> (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Izmail_Sreznevsky/mx3v1m68">Izmail Sreznevsky</a> (Russia, 1812–1880) <a href="/facts/History_of_the_Russian_language/HHrjGau9">Ancient Russian</a> language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kory_Stamper/eUW5NNKk">Kory Stamper</a> (US, living) Modern American/English</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jan_Stanis%25C5%2582awski_(lexicographer)/CksHF6vL">Jan Stanisławski</a> (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joakim_Stuli%25C4%2587/6k6TQwhn">Joakim Stulić</a> (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nahum_Stutchkoff/qzHntrqU">Nahum Stutchkoff</a> (US, 1893–1965) Yiddish</li></ul> <h2 id="t">T</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/John_Van_Nest_Talmage/XfSSBR3q">John Van Nest Talmage</a> (US/China, 1819–1892) Chinese and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Tamony/yk7j7nFf">Peter Tamony</a> (US, 1902–1985) English LSP etymology</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jack_Thiessen/8m13PuSH">Jack Thiessen</a> (Canada, 1932–present) Plautdietsch</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antoine_Thomas/qJ5kyjNq">Antoine Thomas</a> (Belgium, 1644–1709) mathematics glossary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theodoor_Gautier_Thomas_Pigeaud/QrcqJKN8">Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud</a> (Germany/Netherlands, 1899–1988) Javanese and Dutch</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lewis_Thorpe/NnkeBz9A">Lewis Thorpe</a> (UK, died 1977) French language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alf_Torp/CBupJIfm">Alf Torp</a> (Norway, 1853–1916) Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological</li></ul> <h2 id="u">U</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Ulvestad/CICl6qP5">Martin Ulvestad</a> (Norway/US, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laurence_Urdang/bw65KDAm">Laurence Urdang</a> (US, 1927–2008) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dmitry_Ushakov/TapnenRv">Dmitry Ushakov</a> (Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general</li></ul> <h2 id="v">V</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Oreste_Vaccari/nFnPPWG7">Oreste Vaccari</a> (Italy/Japan, died 1980) Japanese–English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Johan_Hendrik_van_Dale/94UqdcgW">Johan Hendrik van Dale</a> (Netherlands, 1828–1872) creator of <i><a href="/facts/Van_Dale/UhcHPmKq">Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Louis_Gustave_Vapereau/bX7k3y13">Louis Gustave Vapereau</a> (France, 1819–1906) French LSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/G._Venkatasubbaiah/nt8tahML">G. Venkatasubbaiah</a> (India, 1913–2021) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Verrius_Flaccus/sMfa440T">Verrius Flaccus</a> (Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_de_Villiers/xxQ269SU">Anna de Villiers</a> (1900–1979), Afrikaans South African writer, lexicographer, and educator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Faust_Vran%25C4%258Di%25C4%2587/lSQUU9wH">Faust Vrančić</a> (Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. five-language</li></ul> <h2 id="w">W</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Magdi_Wahba/Ad13L5f7">Magdi Wahba</a> (Egypt, 1925–1991) Arabic and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/No%25C3%25ABl_Fran%25C3%25A7ois_de_Wailly/Po1Hgj73">Noël François de Wailly</a> (France, 1724–1801) French language neologisms</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Walker_(lexicographer)/dRzeY3bH">John Walker</a> (UK, 1732–1807) English rhymes and pronunciation</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fr._Paul_Walsh/Uh5mNG0t">Fr. Paul Walsh</a> (Ireland, 1885–1941) Irish place names and genealogy</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Walters_(Welsh_cleric)/ngmgyElQ">John Walters</a> (Wales, 1721–1797) English and Welsh languages</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wang_Li_(linguist)/QxBTD0cI">Wang Li</a> (China, 1900–1986) Chinese dictionary of word families</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grady_Ward/Gw90S0NX">Grady Ward</a> (US, born 1951) English thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oliver_Wardrop/h20477Mz">Oliver Wardrop</a> (UK, 1864–1948) Georgian language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Noah_Webster/UI1fKhRo">Noah Webster</a> (US, 1758–1843) English language general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Weiner/aeRIV6dv">Edmund Weiner</a> (UK, born 1950) English language historical</li> <li><a href="/facts/William_Dwight_Whitney/4IbCcJWY">William Dwight Whitney</a> (US, 1827–1894) English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harischandra_Wijayatunga/rGb5DXFV">Harischandra Wijayatunga</a> (Sri Lanka, born 1931) <a href="/facts/Sinhala_language/qfPUFGYS">Sinhala language</a> general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Wells_Williams/emkd2J9f">Samuel Wells Williams</a> (US/China, 1812–1884) Chinese language dictionary, <a href="/facts/Cantonese/y5UhgScP">Cantonese</a> language</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miron_Winslow/aEfvAbVz">Miron Winslow</a> (US/Sri Lanka, 1789–1864) <a href="/facts/Tamil_language/7I0lHL0d">Tamil</a> and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arok_Wolvengrey/xCrdCl6e">Arok Wolvengrey</a> (Canada, born 1965) <a href="/facts/Cree_language/MJnRxAHY">Cree</a> and English bilingual</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Emerson_Worcester/HnS7Qo3g">Joseph Emerson Worcester</a> (US, 1784–1865) English general and LSP dictionaries</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Mary_Wright/M9qkFbQF">Elizabeth Mary Wright</a> (UK, 1863–1958) English dialect</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Wright_(linguist)/VAU3Axfm">Joseph Wright</a> (UK, 1855–1930) English dialect</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Cecil_Kennedy_Wyld/UBeGosgW">Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld</a> (UK, 1870–1945) English language general</li></ul> <h2 id="x">X</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Xu_Shen/gE3cLuRK">Xu Shen</a> (China, c. 58–147) Chinese character dictionary</li></ul> <h2 id="y">Y</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Robert_W._Young/XUIXXefH">Robert W. Young</a> (US, 1912–2007) <a href="/facts/Navajo_language/Us0lrsYt">Navajo language</a> general</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henry_Yule/rymrq4lk">Henry Yule</a> (Scotland and India, 1820–1889), co-compiler of <i><a href="/facts/Hobson-Jobson/XJpDnTFh">Hobson-Jobson</a></i> ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")</li></ul> <h2 id="z">Z</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ladislav_Zgusta/Y13H3rLX">Ladislav Zgusta</a> (Czechoslovakia/US, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ben_Zimmer/NS3yoBeX">Ben Zimmer</a> (US, born 1971) English language visual thesaurus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ghil%2527ad_Zuckermann/63hhpKLL">Ghil'ad Zuckermann</a> (Australia/Israel/Italy/UK, born 1971) <a href="/facts/Barngarla_language/VFLbECpr">Barngarla</a>, <a href="/facts/Hebrew/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a> lexicology, <a href="/facts/Phono-semantic_matching/6RxAHGKU">phono-semantic matching</a>, expert witness in lexicography<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_linguists/LbM24ae7">List of linguists</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Moroccanoil v Aldi 2017, Federal Court of Australia, J. Katzmann (Judge), 31 August 2017. <a href="http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2017/2017fca0823" target="_blank">http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2017/2017fca0823</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>