Frederick James Furnivall | |
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| Born | 4 February 1825 Egham, England |
| Died | 2 July 1910 (aged 85) St George's Square, London, England |
| Occupation | Philologist |
| Spouse |
Eleanor Dalziel
(m. 1862; sep. 1883) |
| Children | 2 |
Frederick James Furnivall FBA (4 February 1825 – 2 July 1910) was an English philologist, best known as one of the co-creators of the New English Dictionary. He founded a number of learned societies on early English literature and made pioneering and massive editorial contributions to the subject, of which the most notable was his parallel text edition of The Canterbury Tales. He was one of the founders of and teachers at the London Working Men's College and a lifelong campaigner against injustice.[1]
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Furnivall, Frederick James". Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press. p. 366.