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Lexicographers

81 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abdurrahman SharafkandiAuthor · BooksAbdurrahman Sharafkandi (14 April 1921 – 21 February 1991), better known by his pen name Hejar or Hazhar, was an Iranian Kurdish writer, poet, lexicographer, linguist, and translator.
Aleksandra AntonovaAuthor · BooksAleksandra Andreevna Antonova (Sandra Antonova; 5 May 1932 – 8 October 2014) was a Russian–Kildin Sámi teacher, writer, poet and translator.
Alexander Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Alonso de MolinaAuthor · BooksIllustration — "La doctrina cristiana en mexicano" (Christian doctrine in Nahuatl (Mexican)) by the author
AmarsinghaAuthor · BooksAmarasimha (IAST: Amara-siṃha, c. CE 375) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known.
Antoine FuretièreAuthor · BooksAntoine Furetière (28 December 161914 May 1688) was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Le Roman bourgeois, and also his famous Dictionnaire…
Bartol KašićAuthor · Books
Carolina Michaëlis de VasconcelosAuthor · BooksCarolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, born Karoline Michaelis (15 March 1851 – 18 November 1925) was a German-Portuguese romanist.
Charles NodierAuthor · BooksJean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl emanɥɛl nɔdje; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte…
Constant von WurzbachAuthor · BooksConstantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author.
Daniel SandersAuthor · BooksDaniel Sanders (November 12, 1819, StrelitzMarch 11, 1897, Strelitz) was a German lexicographer of Jewish parentage.
FiruzabadiAuthor · BooksFiruzabadi (from Firuzabad; 1329–1414), whose proper name was Abu 'l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad ib Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Majd al-Dīn al-Shāfiʿī al-Shīrāzī, was a Persian Sunni Muslim…
Francisco Rodríguez MarínAuthor · Books
Frédéric MistralAuthor · BooksJoseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language.
Gaston WaringhienAuthor · BooksGaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics.
Georgi PulevskiAuthor · BooksGeorgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji, Gjorgjija Pulevski or Đorđe Puljevski (or Ѓорѓија Пулевски;
Hadrianus JuniusAuthor · BooksHadrianus Junius (1511–1575), also known as Adriaen de Jonghe, was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, antiquarian, historiographer, emblematist, school rector,…
Hajime NakamuraAuthor · BooksHajime Nakamura was a Japanese Orientalist, Indologist, philosopher and academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures.
Hasan AmidAuthor · Books
Henry YuleAuthor · BooksColonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.
Ibn DuraidAuthor · BooksAbū Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Duraid al-Azdī al-Baṣrī ad-Dawsī Al-Zahrani (أبو بكر محمد بن الحسن بن دريد بن عتاهية الأزدي البصري الدوسي الزهراني), or Ibn Duraid (إبن دريد) (c.
Ivar Andreas AasenAuthor · BooksIvar Andreas Aasen (5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet.
Jack HibberdAuthor · BooksJohn Charles Hibberd (12 April 1940 – 30 August 2024) was an Australian playwright best known for his plays Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). He was also a physician.
Jalil ZiapourArtist · PaintingsJalil Ziapour (1920–1999) was an Iranian painter, academician, researcher, and writer. He is considered to be the "father of modern Iranian painting".
Joachim Heinrich CampeAuthor · Books(date and artist unknown)
Johann Christoph AdelungAuthor · BooksJohann Christoph Adelung (8 August 1732 – 10 September 1806) was a German grammarian and philologist.
Johann Gottfried GruberAuthor · BooksJohann Gottfried Gruber (29 November 1774 – 7 August 1851) was a German critic and literary historian.
John FlorioAuthor · BooksGiovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English humanist, linguist, writer, translator, lexicographer, and language tutor.
Joseph AquilinaAuthor · BooksĠużè Aquilina (7 April 1911 – 8 August 1997), often called Joseph Aquilina in English, was a Maltese author and linguist born in Munxar.
Joseph KimhiAuthor · BooksJoseph Kimhi, Qimḥi, or Kimchi (1105–1170) was a medieval Jewish rabbi and biblical commentator.
Julius FürstAuthor · BooksJulius Fürst (lang; 12 May 1805, Żerków, South Prussia – 9 February 1873, Leipzig), born Joseph Alsari, was a Jewish German orientalist and the son of noted maggid, teacher, and Hebrew…
Karl GützlaffAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant…
Kaspar von StielerPerson · Film memorabiliaKaspar von Stieler (2 August 1632 – 24 June 1707), also called Caspar Stieler, was a soldier-poet and later a linguist.
Kasper NiesieckiAuthor · BooksKasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher.
Konstantinas SirvydasAuthor · BooksKonstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas; Constantinus Szyrwid; Konstanty Szyrwid; c.
Kostandin KristoforidhiAuthor · BooksKostandin Nelko (22 May 1827 – 7 March 1895), known as Kostandin Kristoforidhi, was an Albanian translator and scholar of Greek descent.
Kunio YanagitaAuthor · BooksKunio Yanagita was a Japanese author, scholar, ethnographer, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions.
Kyōsuke KindaichiPerson · Film memorabiliaMay 5, 1882 – November 14, 1971 was a Japanese linguist, chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the Ainu people, as well as his study of the Matagi dialect.
Lewis SpenceAuthor · BooksJames Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar.
Lin YutangAuthor · Books
Lorenz DiefenbachAuthor · BooksGeorg Anton Lorenz Diefenbach (19 July 1806, Ostheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – 28 March 1883, Darmstadt) was a German philologist and lexicographer, as well as a novelist…
Maksim HaretskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Maksim Harecki
Melchior AdamAuthor · BooksMelchior Adam (c. 1575 – 26 December 1622) was a German Calvinist literary historian.
Meven MordiernAuthor · BooksMeven Mordiern, the pen name of René Le Roux (29 October 1878 – 4 February 1949), was a Breton writer of French origin, and a specialist on the ancient Celtic culture.
Miguel CasiriAuthor · Books
Minamoto no ShitagōAuthor · BooksIllustration — Minamoto no Shitagō by Kikuchi Yōsai
Mohammad MoinAuthor · BooksMohammad Moin (his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in; 12 July 1914, in Rasht, Iran – 4 July 1971, in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian…
Mohammad-Reza DarvishiPerson · Music memorabilia
Nicolas CleynaertsAuthor · BooksNicolas Cleynaerts (Clenardus or Clenard) (5 December 1495 – 1542) was a Flemish grammarian and traveler. He was born in Diest, in the Duchy of Brabant.
Nicolas SlonimskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Slonimsky in 1933
Nonius MarcellusAuthor · BooksNonius Marcellus was a Roman grammarian of the 4th or 5th century AD. His only surviving work is the De compendiosa doctrina, a dictionary or encyclopedia in 20 books that shows his…
Ogdo AksyonovaAuthor · Books
Oleksandr KonyskyiAuthor · BooksOleksandr Yakovych Konysky (18 August 1836 – 12 December 1900) was a Ukrainian interpreter, writer, lexicographer, pedagogue, poet, and civil activist of liberal direction.
P. A. K. AboagyeAuthor · BooksPaul Alfred Kwesi Aboagye (5 January 1925 – 19 June 2001) was a Ghanaian poet, essayist, novelist, and historian of the Nzema language.
Philo of ByblosAuthor · BooksPhilo of Byblos (Phílōn Býblios; Philo Byblius; c. 64 – 141), also known as Herennius Philon, was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek.
Pierre LarousseAuthor · BooksPierre Larousse was a French lexicographer, linguist, publisher, editor, writer and grammarian (1817–1875). He was born in Toucy and died in Paris.
Pierre-Claude-Victor BoisteAuthor · BooksPierre-Claude-Victor Boiste (1765 – 24 April 1824) was a French lexicographer born in Paris.
Richard Chenevix TrenchAuthor · BooksRichard Chenevix Trench (9 September 1807 – 28 March 1886) was an Anglican archbishop and poet.
Richard HowardAuthor · BooksRichard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022), adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.
Robert MorrisonAuthor · BooksRobert Morrison, FRS (5 January 1782 – 1 August 1834) was a British Protestant missionary to Portuguese Macao, Qing-era Guangdong, and Dutch Malacca, who was also a pioneering sinologist,…
Roparz HemonAuthor · BooksLouis-Paul Némo (18 November 1900 – 29 June 1978), better known by the pseudonym Roparz Hemon, was a Breton author and scholar of Breton expression.
Salomon MandelkernAuthor · BooksIllustration — Salomon Mandelkern
Samuel ibn NaghrillahAuthor · BooksShemuel ibn Naghrillah (Šəmuʿēl HalLēvi ben Yosēf), mainly known as Shemuel HaNagid and Isma'il ibn Naghrilla (993–1056), was a Jewish statesman, military commander, scholar, linguist and…
Samuel LindeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Samuel Linde
Sándor Kőrösi CsomaAuthor · BooksKőrösi Csoma Sándor
Sima GuangAuthor · Books
Simmias of RhodesAuthor · BooksSimmias of Rhodes was a Greek poet and grammarian of the Alexandrian school, which flourished under the early Ptolemies.
Solomon de OliveyraAuthor · BooksSolomon de Oliveyra (Selomoh de Oliveyra; c. 1633 – 23 May 1708) was a Dutch rabbi, poet, and philologist.
Susumu ŌnoAuthor · BooksAugust 23, 1919 – July 14, 2008 was a Tokyo-born linguist, specializing in the early history of the Japanese language.
Vasily TrediakovskyAuthor · BooksVasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (5 March 1703 – 17 August 1769) was a Russian poet, essayist and playwright who helped lay the foundations of classical Russian literature.
Vibius SequesterAuthor · BooksVibius Sequester (active in the 4th or 5th century AD) is the Latin author of lists of geographical names.
Vincenzo CoronelliAuthor · Maps and atlasesVincenzo Maria Coronelli (August 16, 1650 – December 9, 1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist known in particular for his atlases…
Vladimir DalAuthor · Books
Wilhelm GeseniusAuthor · BooksHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius (3 February 178623 October 1842) was a German orientalist, lexicographer, Christian Hebraist, Lutheran theologian, Biblical scholar and critic.
Wilhelm GrimmAuthor · BooksWilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German writer, philologist and anthropologist.
Willi ApelAuthor · BooksWilli Apel (10 October 1893 – 14 March 1988) was a German-American musicologist and noted author of a number of books devoted to music.
William Edward SoothillAuthor · BooksWilliam Edward Soothill, FRGS (1861 – 1935) was a Methodist missionary to China who later became Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford, and a leading British sinologist.
William SmithAuthor · BooksSir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools.
Yamada BimyōAuthor · BooksIllustration — Yamada Bimyō
Yousef al-KhalidiAuthor · BooksYusuf Dia Pasha al-Khalidi (Yousef Ḍiya’ ad-Dīn Bāshā al-Khalidī; 1842–1906) was a prominent Ottoman politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem during several non-consecutive terms in the…

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