Walter William Skeat

Walter William Skeat

male, deceased (1912)
Walter William Skeat (November 21, 1835 - 1912), English philologist, was born in London on the 21st of November 1835, and educated at King's...
Georg Sverdrup

Georg Sverdrup

deceased (1850)
Georg Sverdrup was a Norwegian philologist, responsible for building the first Norwegian university library. The University of Oslo was established...

Nathan Bailey

male, deceased (1742)
Nathan Bailey (d. June 27, 1742) was an English philologist and lexicographer. His "Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal...
Peter Andreas Heiberg

Peter Andreas Heiberg

male
Peter Andreas Heiberg (November 16, 1758 - April 30, 1841) was a Danish author and philologist. He was born in Vordingborg, Denmark. His father,...
John Chadwick

John Chadwick

male, deceased (1998)
John Chadwick (21 May 1920 - 24 November 1998) was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B,...
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl

Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl

male, deceased (1876)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806-1876), German scholar, was born in Thuringia. His family, in which culture and poverty were hereditary, were...

Johannes de Garlandia

male
Johannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a philologist and university teacher. His dates of birth and death are unknown, but he probably lived...
Johann Heinrich Hottinger

Johann Heinrich Hottinger

male, deceased (1667)
Johann Heinrich Hottinger (March 10, 1620 - June 5, 1667) was a Swiss philologist and theologian.
Wolfgang Iser

Wolfgang Iser

male, deceased (2007)
Wolfgang Iser was a German literary scholar. He was born in Marienberg, Germany. His parents were Paul and Else (Steinbach) Iser. He studied...
Jacqueline de Romilly

Jacqueline de Romilly

female, 96 years old
Jacqueline Worms de Romilly (born March 26, 1913) is a French philologist