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Frederick James Furnivall
English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
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Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
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Friedrich Max Muller
British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
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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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Rasmus Christian Rask
Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
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Walter William Skeat
English philologist (1835-1912)
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
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Karl Adolph Verner
Danish philologist (1846-1896)
