Anatoly Liberman

Anatoly Liberman

male
M.I. Steblin-Kamensky, Etymologist, linguist, Fedor Tyutchev, N. S. Trubetzkoy, Scandinavian Studies
Anatoly Liberman is a professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, U.S.A., where he...
Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge

male, deceased (1979)
Etymologist, University of Oxford, World War I, university of queensland, British, Non-fiction writer
Eric Honeywood Partridge was a noted New Zealand/British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. Partridge was born near...
William Safire

William Safire

male, 79 years old
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winner, Jewish person, political pundit, Pulitzer Prize winner, Etymologist, etymology
William L. Safire (born December 17, 1929) is an American author, semi-retired columnist, and former journalist and presidential speechwriter. He...
Barry Popik

Barry Popik

male, 48 years old
from Texas, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, from New York, chess player, chess master, American…Etymologist
Barry Popik (b. 1961) is an American amateur etymologist, a rated chess master who has competed in more than a hundred countries, and an...
Michael Quinion

Michael Quinion

male
writer, British, Etymologist, Literature websites
Michael Quinion is a British etymologist and writer. He runs the web site World Wide Words, devoted to linguistics.
John Ciardi

John Ciardi

male, deceased (1986)
Bates College, Tufts University, American military personnel of World War II, columnist, Television presenter, University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty…Etymologist
John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. John Ciardi was primarily a poet, but he...
Allen Walker Read

Allen Walker Read

male, deceased (2002)
Columbia University, University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa, Lexicographer, Rhodes Scholarship, University of Oxford…Etymologist
Allen Walker Read (June 1 or 2, 1906 - October 16, 2002) was an American etymologist and lexicographer, best known for his studies into the words...
Isidore Of Seville

Isidore Of Seville

male, deceased (636)
Early medieval Latin writer, hispania, Visigoths, Visigothic, Church Father, bishop…Etymologist
Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: or), Latin: (c. 560 - April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than three decades and has the reputation...
Peter Tamony

Peter Tamony

male, deceased (1985)
writer, Irish-American, Etymologist, From San Francisco, Irish American
Peter Tamony (October 9, 1902 - July 24, 1985) was an Irish American etymologist.
Lewis Thomas

Lewis Thomas

male, deceased (1993)
from New York City, Harvard Medical School alumni, Princeton University alumni, new york university school of medicine, memorial sloan-kettering cancer center, Science writer…Etymologist
Lewis Thomas (November 25 1913 - December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and...