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A Dictionary Of English Etymology
'' A Dictionary of English Etymology'' is an etymological dictionary of the English language written by Hensleigh Wedgwood and published by Trübner and Company in three volumes from 1859 to 1865 (vol. 1 1859, vol. 2 1862, vol. 3 1865), with a second edition published in 1871. It was reviewed anonymously and by Herbert Coleridge. The second volume was reviewed anonymously, by William Dwight Whitney, and by Eduard Müller and Henry Sweet Henry Sweet (15 September 1845 – 30 April 1912) was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian.''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language'', as hosted oencyclopedia.com/ref> As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic lang ....Henry, 1872. '' Academy'' 3: 218–19. References English dictionaries 1859 non-fiction books 1862 non-fiction books 1865 non-fiction books {{dictionary-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hensleigh Wedgwood
Hensleigh Wedgwood (21 January 1803 – 2 June 1891) was a British etymologist, philologist and barrister, author of ''A Dictionary of English Etymology''. He was a cousin of Charles Darwin, whom his sister Emma Darwin, Emma married in 1839. Early life Wedgwood was born at Tarrant Gunville in Dorset, the fourth son of Josiah Wedgwood II and Elizabeth Allen of Cresselly, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Rugby School, then entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1820 but switched to Christ's College, Cambridge, Christ's College the following year. Though he did well in maths, graduating as 8th wrangler (University of Cambridge), wrangler, he finished bottom in the classics, classical tripos at Cambridge in 1824, for which he was awarded the first "wooden wedge", equivalent to the wooden spoon (award), wooden spoon, and jokingly named for him. Career After leaving Cambridge, Wedgwood read for the Court of Chancery, chancery bar. In 1828, he qualified as a barrister, but never pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |