Grant Barrett

male, 39 years old
Lexicographer, American, lexicography, kpbs, A Way With Words, Official Dictionary of Unofficial English
Grant Barrett is an American lexicographer, specializing in slang, jargon and new usage. He is the editor of the "Official Dictionary of Unofficial...
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

male, deceased (1784)
buried at Westminster Abbey, shakespeare, Saint, aphorism, Biographer, Essayist…Lexicographer
Samuel Johnson LL.D. (13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures : a poet,...
Noah Webster

Noah Webster

male, deceased (1843)
English spelling reform, from West Hartford, Connecticut, Yale University alumni, journalist, American, Congregationalist…Lexicographer
Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 - April 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor....
Susie Dent

Susie Dent

female, 42 years old
Lexicographer, Alumni of the University of Oxford, Princeton University alumni, University of Oxford, From Woking, The like, Language Report for real
Susie Dent is an English lexicographer, best known as the resident expert and adjudicator on Channel 4’s long-running game show "Countdown". Dent st...
James Murray

James Murray

male, deceased (1915)
Lexicographer, oxford english dictionary, Scottish, Philologist, oxford university press, Schoolteacher
James Augustus Henry Murray was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary" from 1879...

William Smith

male, deceased (1893)
Lexicographer, John Murray, University College School, Sir William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Dictionary of the Bible
Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined for a...
Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge

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

Barbara Ann Kipfer

female
How It Happens, Roget's International Thesaurus, Roget's Descriptive Word Finder, 14,000 Things to be Happy About, Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion, Sisson's Word and Expression Locater…Lexicographer, linguist and lexicographer
Barbara Ann Kipfer is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 30 books, including the bestselling "14,000 Things to be Happy About"...
John Simpson

John Simpson

male, 56 years old
From Cheltenham, Lexicographer, neologisms, London Times, University of Reading, University of York
John (Andrew) Simpson is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary (OED)". Simpson was co-editor of the second...

Nathan Bailey

male, deceased (1742)
Lexicographer, Dr Johnson, John Kersey, Seventh Day Baptist, Stepney, London, England, A New English Dictionary
Nathan Bailey (d. June 27, 1742) was an English philologist and lexicographer. His "Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal...