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Reinhard Hartmann
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<p>Reinhard Rudolf Karl Hartmann (8 April 1938 – 12 September 2024) was an Austrian-born English <a href="/facts/Lexicographer/3btFWjIx">lexicographer</a> and <a href="/facts/Applied_linguistics/UYWLCecs">applied linguist</a>. Until the 1970s, lexicographers worked in relative isolation, and Hartmann was credited with making a major contribution to lexicography and fostering interdisciplinary consultation between reference specialists. </p><p>R. R. K. Hartmann was co-author of the standard texts <i>Dictionary of Language and Linguistics</i> (1972) and the <i>Dictionary of Lexicography</i> (1998); the former has been translated into Chinese, the latter into Japanese. Hartmann also produced works on a wide range of linguistic and lexicographic topics (see list of Publications below). Two selections of his essays were published in Kuwait (2004) and Germany (2007). </p>