E. Cobham Brewer


Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
E. Cobham Brewer from a 1922 book
E. Cobham Brewer from a 1922 book
BornEbenezer Cobham Brewer
(1810-05-02)2 May 1810
Norwich
Died6 March 1897(1897-03-06) (aged 86)
Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire
NationalityEnglish
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
GenreVictorian reference works
Notable worksBrewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, The Reader's Handbook

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (2 May 1810 in Norwich[1] – 6 March 1897 in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire), was a British lexicographer and the author of A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and The Reader's Handbook, among other reference books.

  1. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography has Brewer born in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London. Retrieved 5 January 2011. Subscription required. However, Census records of 1861 and 1871 record Brewer's place of birth as Norwich, as do the baptismal records of the St Mary's Baptist Chapel there.