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Nathaniel Bailey
English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)
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Sir William Alexander Craigie
English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
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John Florio
English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
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Henry Watson Fowler
English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
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Samuel Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
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Pierre Athanase Larousse
French lexicographer (1817-1875)
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Maximilien Paul Emile Littre
French lexicographer (1801-1881)
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Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
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Noah Webster
United States lexicographer (1758-1843)
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Joseph Emerson Worcester
United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)
