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Henry Watson Fowler

1858 - 1933

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Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) 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". After an Oxford education, Fowler was a schoolmaster until his middle age and then worked in London as a freelance writer and journalist, but was not very successful. In partnership with his brother Francis, beginning in 1906, he began publishing seminal grammar, style and lexicography books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Watson Fowler is the 100th most popular linguist (up from 207th in 2019), the 2,632nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,964th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Henry Watson Fowler ranks 100 out of 214. Before him are Matteo Bartoli, Bernhard Karlgren, Joan Coromines, Leo Spitzer, Georg Curtius, and Kazimieras Būga. After him are Agop Dilâçar, Teun A. van Dijk, Heinrich Hübschmann, Daniel Jones, Jules Gilliéron, and Jan de Vries.

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Among people born in 1858, Henry Watson Fowler ranks 84. Before him are Cipriano Castro, Agnes Baden-Powell, José Miguel Gómez, Hans Meyer, Richard Bergh, and Sébastien Faure. After him are P. J. Kennedy, Emma Calvé, Carl Swartz, Wilhelm Fliess, E. Nesbit, and John L. Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1933, Henry Watson Fowler ranks 73. Before him are Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Mahmud Tarzi, Georges Leygues, Eduard Vilde, and John Henry Mackay. After him are Anastasia Golovina, Gustaf Cederström, Lilla Cabot Perry, Andrey Lyapchev, Robert Kajanus, and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Watson Fowler ranks 2,633 out of 8,785. Before him are William Wilson (1844), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Robert Fortune (1812), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), Peter Sinfield (1943), and Emma Corrin (1995). After him are James Blunt (1974), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Donald Moffat (1930), Mark Williams (1959), Arthur Gore (1868), and Peg Entwistle (1908).

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Among LINGUISTS In United Kingdom

Among linguists born in United Kingdom, Henry Watson Fowler ranks 4. Before him are William Jones (1746), Michael Halliday (1925), and Robert Morrison (1782). After him are Daniel Jones (1881), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), John Chadwick (1920), John Florio (1553), James Legge (1815), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), John Lyons (1932), and Henry Sweet (1845).

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