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Henry Watson Fowler

British lexicographer and linguist (1858-1933) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 75

Henry Watson Fowler was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius".

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