Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
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Fowler, Henry Watson, 1858-1933
Fowler, Henry W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
Fowler, Henry (Henry Watson), 1858-1933
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found: Fowler, F. G.The works of Lucian of Samosata, 1905.
found: His Fowler's Modern English usage, c1983:CIP t.p. (H.W. Fowler)
found: Fowler's dictionary of modern English usage, 2015:title page (first edition H.W. Fowler) jacket (Henry Watson Fowler worked as a teacher and freelance writer)
found: Wikipedia, April 5, 2016(Henry Watson Fowler; English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language; he is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius;" born March 10, 1858 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; after an Oxford education, Fowler was a schoolmaster until his middle age and then worked in London as a freelance writer and journalist, but was not very successful; in partnership with his brother Francis, and beginning in 1906, he began publishing seminal grammar, style and lexicography books; after his brother's death in 1918, he completed the works on which they had collaborated and edited additional works; he died December 26, 1933 in Hinton St George, Somerset, England
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1980-06-05: new
2023-08-29: revised
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