Eric Otto Winstedt (1880,

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– January 29, 1955), or more commonly E. O. Winstedt, was a

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and gypsiologist. He translated Latin works to English, e. g. Marcus Tullius Cicero's letters to Atticus and compiled a 'register of Gypsy names' in the 1920s. Early in his career he published several articles on

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texts as well as a book with text editions. His brother was Sir

Richard Olaf Winstedt Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt (2 August 1878 – 2 June 1966), or more commonly R. O. Winstedt, was an English Orientalist and colonial administrator with expertise in British Malaya. Life and career Winstedt was born in Oxford and educated a ...

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* 1880 births 1955 deaths British Latinists 20th-century British historians 20th-century British translators {{UK-historian-stub