Walter William Skeat

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Walter William Skeat was a prominent 19th-century English philologist and lexicographer best known for his pioneering work on the English language and its etymology.

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instanceOf lexicographer
person
philologist
academicDiscipline English studies
philology
awardReceived Fellow of the British Academy NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
20th century
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
King's College School, London NERFINISHED
employer Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English
familyName Skeat NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork English philology
Middle English literature NERFINISHED
Old English language
etymology
lexicography
fullName Walter William Skeat NERFINISHED
givenName Walter
William
hasReligion Christianity
influenced historical linguistics of English
later English lexicographers
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf British Academy NERFINISHED
Philological Society NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableFor historical study of English vocabulary
pioneering work on the English language and its etymology
standardization of English etymological scholarship
notableWork A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language NERFINISHED
A Student's Pastime NERFINISHED
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language NERFINISHED
Principles of English Etymology NERFINISHED
editions of Geoffrey Chaucer's works
editions of William Langland's Piers Plowman
occupation lexicographer
philologist
university professor
positionHeld Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED
Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge NERFINISHED

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