Joseph Bosworth

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Joseph Bosworth was a 19th-century English scholar and lexicographer best known for his pioneering work on the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) language, including a landmark Old English dictionary.

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instanceOf Anglo-Saxon scholar
lexicographer
person
philologist
academicDiscipline linguistics
philology
burialPlace St Laurence Church, Lichfield NERFINISHED
coAuthor Thomas Northcote Toller NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1788-06-19
dateOfDeath 1876-05-27
educatedAt University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED
employer University of Oxford
era 19th century
familyName Bosworth NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Anglo-Saxon studies
Old English language NERFINISHED
lexicography
fullName Joseph Bosworth NERFINISHED
genre dictionary
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
hasEdition Bosworth–Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary NERFINISHED
influenced Anglo-Saxon lexicography
subsequent Old English dictionaries
knownFor Old English dictionary
pioneering work on the Anglo-Saxon language
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Royal Society of Literature NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement helped establish Old English as a subject of academic study in Britain
produced one of the first comprehensive Old English dictionaries
notableWork A Compendious Anglo-Saxon and English Dictionary NERFINISHED
A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language NERFINISHED
occupation lexicographer
philologist
scholar
placeOfBirth Shelton, Nottinghamshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Oxford, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford NERFINISHED
religion Church of England
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne Bodley NERFINISHED
workLocation Lichfield, England NERFINISHED
Oxford, England NERFINISHED

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