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...
David Crystal

David Crystal

male, 68 years old
linguist, from Anglesey, bilingual, Academic of the University of Wales, Bangor, English language learning and teaching, Language education…lexicography
Professor David Crystal, OBE (born 1941 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK) is a linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales,...
Ladislav Zgusta

Ladislav Zgusta

male, deceased (2007)
professor, Lexicographer, czech, Historical linguist, linguistics, lexicography
Ladislav Zgusta (20 March 1924 - 27 April 2007) was an historical linguist and lexicographer. He was an emeritus professor of linguistics and...
John Simpson

John Simpson

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

Eric Partridge

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

William Smith

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

Sandro Nielsen

male, 48 years old
Lexicographer, dictionary, lexicography, dictionaries, Engelsk-Dansk Juridisk Basisordbog, Manual of Specialised Lexicography…Centre for Lexicography
Sandro Nielsen (1961-) is a Danish metalexicographer associated with Centre for Lexicography at the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark, from where...
Peter Mark Roget

Peter Mark Roget

male, deceased (1869)
University of Edinburgh alumni, thesaurus, physician, Lexicographer, Roget's Thesaurus, university of edinburgh…lexicography
Peter Mark Roget (January 18 1779, London-September 12 1869), the son of a Swiss clergyman, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and...
B. T. S. Atkins

B. T. S. Atkins

female
Lexicographer, American National Corpus, FrameNet, British National Corpus, festschrift, DLitt…lexicography
Beryl T. ("Sue") Atkins has been a professional lexicographer since 1966, first with Collins Publishers (now HarperCollins), where she was General...

Thomas Blount

male, deceased (1679)
English, Roman Catholic, heraldry, British, herefordshire, dictionary…lexicography
Thomas Blount (1618-1679) was an English antiquarian and lexicographer. He was the son of Myles Blount of Orleton in Herefordshire and was born at...