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This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

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  Maulvi Abdul Haq (India/Pakistan, 1872–1961) Baba-e-Urdu, English-Urdu dictionary


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  Ivar Aasen (Norway, 1813–1896) Norwegian language


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  Abu Amr Ishaq ibn Mirar al-Shaybani (Iraq, c. 738–828) Arabic language


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  Ilia Abuladze (Georgia, 1901–1968) Old Georgian
  


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  Johann Christoph Adelung (Germany, 1732–1806) German language general dictionary


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  George J. Adler (Germany/US, 1821–1868) German and English languages


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  Robert Ainsworth (UK, 1660–1743) Latin language


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  Adam Jack Aitken (UK, 1921–1998) Scots language dictionary


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  John Michael Allaby (UK, born 1933) English LSP dictionary


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  Anthony Allen (UK, late 17th century – 1754) English language dictionary of obsolete words


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  Robert Allen (UK, born 1944) English language general dictionary


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  Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC) Ancient Macedonian
  


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  Ethan Allen Andrews (US, 1787–1858) Latin language


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  Vladimir Anić (Croatia, 1930–2000) Croatian language general dictionary


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  Vaman Shivram Apte (India, 1858–1892) English-Sanskrit dictionary


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  Ġużè Aquilina (Malta, 1911–1997) Maltese language
  


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  Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greece, 257–180 BC) Ancient Greek


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  Sue Atkins (UK, living) English and French bilingual dictionary


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  Ali Azaykou (Morocco, 1942–2004) Berber languages
  

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  Albert Bachmann (CH, 1863–1934) Swiss German language


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  Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science


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  Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English language


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  Johannes Balbus (Italy, died 1298) Latin language


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  Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese language


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  Katherine Barber (Canada, born 1959) English language


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  Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages


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  Clarence Barnhart (US, 1900–1993) English language general dictionary


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  David Barnhart (US, born 1941) English language


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  Robert Barnhart (US, 1933–2007) English language


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  Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monégasque languages


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  Grant Barrett (US, born 1970) English language dictionary of slang


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  John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774) navigation and science


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  Delfin Carbonell Basset (Spain/US, born 1938) Spanish and English languages


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  Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language


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  Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English language food guides


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  William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic language


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  Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin languages


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  Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary


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  Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary


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  Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English language


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  Robert Blust (US, born 1940) Austronesian languages


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  Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French language thesaurus


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  Peter Bowler (Australia, living) English language


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  Abel Boyer (France, c.1667–1729) French and English languages


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  Dan Beach Bradley (US, 1845–1923) Siamese language
  


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  Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English language general dictionary


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  Jim Breen (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English languages


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  Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English language


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  Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English languages


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  Nathan Brown (USA/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese languages


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  Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German languages


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  Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian language


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  John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words


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  Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical dictionary


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  Arthur Coke Burnell (England and India, 1840–1882), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson Anglo-Indian dictionary

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  Ambrogio Calepino (Italy, c. 1450–1510) Latin language


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  Angus Cameron (Canada, 1941–1983) English language


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  Joachim Heinrich Campe (Germany, 1746–1818) German language


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  Emanuel Nunes Carvalho (UK/US, 1771–1817) Hebrew language


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  Edmund Castell (UK, 1606–1685) Oriental languages


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  Robert Cawdrey (UK, c. 1538–1604) English language


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  Pranas Čepėnas (Lithuania/US, 1899–1980) Lithuanian language


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  Mohamed Chafik (Morocco, born 1926) Berber language


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  Robert L. Chapman (US, 1920–2002) English language


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  Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Georgia, 1585–1658) Georgian language


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  David Chubinashvili (Georgia/Russia, 1814–1891) Georgian language


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  Michael Chyet (US, born 1957) Kurdish language


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  Saïd Cid Kaoui (Algeria, 1859–1910) Berber language


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  Cigerxwîn (Turkey/Syria, 1903–1984) Kurdish language
  


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  Henry Cockeram (UK, 17th century) English and Latin languages


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  Herbert Coleridge (UK, 1830–1861) English language historical dictionary


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  Elisha Coles (UK, c.1608–1688) English language


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  Thomas Cooper (UK, c.1517–1594) English and Latin languages


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  Randle Cotgrave (UK, died 1634) English and French languages


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  John Craig (UK, 1796–1880), English language


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  William Craigie (UK/US, 1867–1957) English language historical dictionary

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  Vladimir Dahl (Russia, 1801–1872) Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language
  


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  Charles Anderson Dana (US, 1819–1897) English language encyclopedic dictionary


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  Frederick William Danker (US, 1920–2012) New Testament Greek lexicon


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  Đào Duy Anh (Vietnam, 1904–1988) Scholarly Vietnamese dictionary, the Pháp-Việt Từ điển
  


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  Khudiram Das (India, 1916–2002) Bengali-Santali Language Dictionary


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  John Davies (Wales, 1567–1644) Welsh and Latin bilingual dictionary


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  Tomás de Bhaldraithe (Ireland, 1916–1996) Irish and English bilingual dictionary


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  William Quinby De Funiak (US, 1901–1981) American and British English


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  Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1956) Extensive dictionary in the Persian language


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  Philip Delaporte (Germany/US, 1868–1928) German and Nauruan languages


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  Francesco della Penna (Italy, 1680–1745) Tibetan and Italian bilingual dictionary


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  Susie Dent (UK, born 1964) English language


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  Friedrich Christian Diez (1794–1876) Etymological dictionary of the Romance Languages


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  Patrick S. Dinneen (Ireland, 1860–1934) Irish and English bilingual dictionary


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  Josef Dobrovský (Czechoslovakia, 1753–1829) Slavic languages, Czech and German bilingual dictionary


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  Jacob Ludwig Döhne (Germany/South Africa, 1811–1879) Zulu and English bilingual dictionary


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  Franz Dornseiff (Germany, 1888–1960) German language thesaurus


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  Henry Drisler (US, 1818–1939) Latin language dictionary


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  Konrad Duden (Germany, 1829–1911) German language general dictionary


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  Edward Dwelly (UK, 1864–1939) Scottish Gaelic dictionary


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  Thomas Dyche (UK, late 17th century – 1733) English language spelling dictionary

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  Eugene Ehrlich (US, 1922–2008) English language general and specialised dictionaries


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  Ernst Johann Eitel (Germany/China, 1838–1908) Cantonese Chinese dictionary


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  John Eliot (UK/US, 1604–1690) Native American languages
  


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  Karim Emami (Iran, 1930–2005) Persian and English languages


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  Leo James English (Australia/Philippines, born 1907) Tagalog and English bilingual dictionary


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  Adolf Erman (Germany, 1854–1937) Ancient Egyptian language


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  Robert Estienne (France, 1503–1559) Latin language thesaurus


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  Daniel Silvan Evans (Wales, 1818–1903) Welsh and English bilingual dictionary


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  Avraham Even-Shoshan (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984) Hebrew language general dictionary

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  Fairuzabadi (Iran, 1329–1414) Arabic language comprehensive dictionary


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  Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Basra, 718–791) Arabic language general dictionary


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  Fortunato Felice (Italy, 1723–1789) Italian and French encyclopedic dictionary


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  Christiane Fellbaum (Germany/US, living) German and English cognitive linguistics


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  Jean-François Féraud (France, 1725–1807) French language critical dictionary


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  Charles J. Fillmore (US, born 1929) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics


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  Stuart Berg Flexner (US, 1928–1990) English language dictionary of slang


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  John Florio (1553–1625) comprehensive Italian-to-English dictionary


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  Henrik Florinus (Finland, 1633–1705) Latin, Swedish and Finnish trilingual dictionary


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  Johann Gottfried Flügel (Germany/US, 1788–1855) German and English bilingual dictionary


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  Henry Watson Fowler (UK, 1858–1933) English language general dictionary


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  James O. Fraser (UK/China, 1886–1938) Lisu language
  


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  Wilhelm Freund (Germany, 1806–1894) Latin language general dictionary


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  Jens Andreas Friis (Norway, 1821–1896) Sami language general dictionary


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  Louis Frolla (Monaco, 1904–1978) French and Monégasque dictionary


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  Isaac Kaufmann Funk (US, 1839–1912) English language general dictionary


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  Antoine Furetière (France, 1619–1688) French language universal dictionary


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  Frederick James Furnivall (UK, 1825–1910) English language historical dictionary

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  Brent Galloway (US, born 1944) Native American languages


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  Cristfried Ganander (Finland, 1741–1790) Finnish language general dictionary


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  Marie de Garis (UK, born 1910) Guernésiais language general dictionary


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  Johannes de Garlandia (UK/France, c. 1190–1270) Latin language dictionary


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  Bryan A. Garner (US, born 1958) English language general and LSP dictionary


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  Marquisha Gatewood (US, born 1974) English language dictionary, thesaurus of slang


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  Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium, born 1955) cognitive linguistics


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  Nayden Gerov (Bulgaria, 1823–1900) Bulgarian language general dictionary


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  Peter Gilliver (UK, born 1964) English language historical dictionary


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  Rudolph Goclenius (Germany, 1547–1628) Latin language LSP dictionary


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  Jacob Golius (1596–1667) Arabic and Persian to Latin dictionaries


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  Chauncey Allen Goodrich (US, 1790–1860) English language general dictionary


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  Philip Babcock Gove (US, 1902–1972) English language general dictionary


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  Louis Herbert Gray (US, 1875–1955) Indo-Iranian languages


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  Jonathon Green (UK, born 1948) English language dictionary of slang


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  Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (Germany, 1785–1863) German language historical dictionary


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  Francis Hindes Groome (UK, 1851–1902) Gypsy language


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  Francis Grose (UK, c. 1730–1791) English language historical dictionary


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  Hermann Gundert (Germany/India, 1814–1893) Malayalam and English bilingual dictionary


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  Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (Mexico, 1899–1979) Spanish language


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  Karl Gützlaff (Germany/Thailand/China, 1803–1851) Cambodian and Chinese languages


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  Bartol Gyurgieuvits (Croatia, 1506–1566) Croatian and Latin bilingual dictionary

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  Mary Rosamund Haas (US, 1910–1996) Native American and Thai languages


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  Soleiman Haim (Iran, 1897–1970) Persian and English bilingual dictionary


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  Patrick Hanks (UK, born 1940) English language general, onomastic, and LSP dictionary


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  Johann Ernst Hanxleden (Germany/India, 1681–1732) Malayalam, Sanskrit and Portuguese language dictionary


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  Orin Hargraves (US, born 1953) English language dictionary of slang and rhyme


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  Alexander Harkavy (Belarus/US, 1863–1939) Yiddish and English bilingual dictionary


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  William Torrey Harris (US, 1835–1909) philosophy, English language general dictionary


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  Reinhard Hartmann (Austria/UK, born 1938) German and English contrastive linguistics, LSP dictionary


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  Hamid Hassani (Iran, born 1968) Persian corpus linguistics, Persian dictionary


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  Einar Ingvald Haugen (Norway/US, 1906–1994) Old Norse, Norwegian and English languages


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  S.I. Hayakawa (Canada/US, 1906–1992), biographical directory of US Congress


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  Benjamin Hedericus (Germany, 1675–1748) Latin and Greek language dictionary


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  Tom Heehler (US, born 1963) The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
  


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  Michael Heilprin (Poland/US, 1823–1888) Hebrew and English encyclopedic dictionary


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  James Curtis Hepburn (USA/China/Japan, 1815–1911) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Charles George Herbermann (Germany/US, 1840–1916) English language LSP dictionary


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  Hesychius of Alexandria (Greece, 5th century) Ancient Greek language lexicon


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  Johann Christian August Heyse (Germany, 1764–1829) German language dictionary of loanwords


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  Jack Hibberd (Australia, born 1940) English language dictionary of slang


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  Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (Brazil, 1910–1989) Portuguese language general dictionary


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  Francis Holyoake (UK, 1567–1653) English language etymological dictionary


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  A. S. Hornby (UK/Japan, 1898–1978) English language learner's dictionary


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  John Camden Hotten (UK, 1832–1873) English language dictionary of slang, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
  


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  Antônio Houaiss (Brazil, 1915–1999) Portuguese language general dictionary


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  Richard Howard (US, born 1929) French and English language translation


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  August Wilhelm Hupel (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819) Estonian language general dictionary


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  Robert Hunter (Encyclopædist) (England, 1823–1897), lead editor of the Encyclopædic Dictionary

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  Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon


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  Ibn Manzur (1233–1312) Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier dictionaries


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  Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary

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  Jin Qizong (China, 1918–2004) Jurchen and Chinese bilingual dictionary


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  John Jamieson (UK, 1759–1838) Lowland Scots language etymological dictionary


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  Marcus Jastrow (Poland, 1829–1903) Talmudic language general dictionary


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  Jauhari (Iraq?, 10th century) Arabic language alphabetic dictionary


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  Christian Gottlieb Jöcher (Germany, 1694–1758) German language biographical dictionary


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  John of Genoa → Johannes Balbus
  


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  Samuel Johnson (UK, 1709–1784) English language general dictionary, A Dictionary of the English Language
  


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  Alexander Keith Johnston (UK, 1804–1871) English language LSP dictionary and atlas


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  Dafydd Glyn Jones (Wales, born 1941) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary


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  Eliza Grew Jones (USA/Burma, 1803–1838) Siamese (Thai) and English bilingual dictionary


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  Henry Stuart Jones (UK, 1867–1939) Greek and English bilingual dictionary


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  Adoniram Judson (USA/Myanmar, 1788–1850) Burmese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Joseph Jungmann (Czechoslovakia, 1773–1847) Czech and German bilingual dictionary


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  Daniel Juslenius (Finland, 1676–1752) Finnish language general dictionary

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  Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian language general dictionary


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  Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
  


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  Bartol Kašić (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual dictionary


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  John Samuel Kenyon (US, 1874–1959) English language dictionary of pronunciation


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  Adam Kilgarriff (UK, 1960–2015) English language and computer lexicography


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  Barbara Ann Kipfer (US, born 1954) English language general and LSP dictionary


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  Ferdinand Kittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual dictionary


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  Friedrich Kluge (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological dictionary


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  Grzegorz Knapski (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus


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  Keshia Kola (US, born 1974) English language dictionary, thesaurus of slang


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  Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish language etymological dictionary


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  Emmanuel Kriaras (Greece, born 1906) Greek language historical dictionary


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  Raphael Kuhner (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin languages


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  Hans Kurath (Austria/US, 1891–1992) English language historical dictionary, dialect atlas

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  Sita Ram Lalas (India, born 1909) Rajasthani language historical dictionary


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  Wilfred G. Lambert (England, 1926–2011) Assyrian language
  


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  Edward William Lane (1801–1876) translation of medieval Arabic dictionaries to English


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  Pierre Larousse (France, 1817–1875) French language general dictionary and encyclopedic dictionary


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  Donald Laycock (Australia, 1936–1988) languages of Papua New Guinea


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  James Legge (UK/China, 1815–1897) Chinese language


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  George William Lemon (UK, 1726–1797) English language etymological dictionary


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  John Lemprière (Jersey, 1765–1824) dictionary of classical proper names


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  Charlton Thomas Lewis (1834–1904) Latin and English bilingual dictionaries


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  Matthias von Lexer (Germany, 1830–1892) German language historical dictionary


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  Li Fanwen (China, born 1932) Tangut and Chinese bilingual dictionary


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  Henry Liddell (UK, 1811–1898) Greek and English bilingual lexicon


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  Sven Lidman (Sweden, born 1921) Swedish encyclopedic dictionary


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  Lin Yutang (China/US, 1895–1976) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Samuel Linde (Poland, 1771–1847) Polish language general dictionary


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  Émile Littré (France, 1801–1881) French language general dictionary


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  Thomas Lloyd (Wales, 1673–1734) Welsh language


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  Elias Lönnrot (Finland, 1802–1884) Finnish and Swedish bilingual dictionary

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  Mackintosh MacKay (Scotland, 1793–1873) probable earliest dictionary of Scots Gaelic (1828)


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  Stepan Malkhasyants (Armenia, 1857–1947) Armenian language historical dictionary


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  Mouloud Mammeri (Algeria, 1917–1989) Tamazight lexicography


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  Francis Andrew March (US, 1825–1911) comparative linguistics, English language historical dictionary


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  Francis Mason (UK/USA/Burma, 1799–1874) Burmese language


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  Percy C. Mather (UK/China, 1882–1933) Mongolian language dictionary


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  Robert Henry Mathews (Australia/China, 1877–1970) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Johann Mattheson (Germany, 1681–1764) music, German language


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  Erin McKean (US, born 1971) English language general and LSP dictionary


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  Lambert McKenna (Ireland, 1870–1956) English and Irish bilingual dictionary


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  Walter Henry Medhurst (UK/China, 1796–1857) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Igor Mel'čuk (Russia/Canada, born 1932) French dictionary


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  Gilles Ménage (France, 1613–1692) etymological dictionary of French


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  Francisci a Mesgnien Meninski (1623–1698) first large Turkish-to-Latin dictionary


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  Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (Switzerland/Germany, 1861–1936) Romance languages


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  Minamoto no Shitagō (Japan, 911–983) Japanese language thesaurus


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  William Chester Minor (Sri Lanka/USA/UK, 1834–1920) English language historical dictionary


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  John Minsheu (UK, 1560–1627) Spanish and English bilingual dictionary, 11-language multilingual dictionary


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  María Moliner (Spain, 1900–1981) Spanish language general dictionary


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  Judah Monis (US, 1683–1764) Hebrew language


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  Paul Monroe (US, 1869–1947) English language encyclopedic dictionary


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  Morohashi Tetsuji (Japan, 1883–1982) Chinese and Japanese bilingual dictionary


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  Robert Morrison (UK/China, 1782–1834) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Mahshid Moshiri (Iran, born 1951) Persian language pronunciation and LSP dictionaries


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  Joseph Moxon (UK, 1627–1691) English LSP dictionary


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  Kārlis Mīlenbahs (Latvia, 1853–1916) Latvian and German bilingual dictionary


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  Wilhelm Max Müller (Germany/US, 1862–1919) Hebrew language dictionary


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  Monier Monier-Williams (India/UK, 1819–1899) Sanskrit English dictionary


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  Pamela Munro (US, born 1947) Native American language dictionaries


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  James Murray (UK, 1837–1915) English language historical dictionary


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  Vladimir Müller (Russia, 1880 – before 1943) English–Russian dictionary

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  Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages


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  Nathan ben Jehiel (Italy, c. 1035–1106) Hebrew language dictionary


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  William Allen Neilson (UK/US, 1869–1946) English language general dictionary


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  Andrew Nelson (USA/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Jean Nicot (France, 1530–1600) French language historical dictionary


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  Sandro Nielsen (Denmark, born 1961) Danish language LSP dictionary


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  Nonius Marcellus (Italy, 3rd/4th centuries) Latin language lexicon


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  Jerry Norman (US, 1936–2012) Manchu-English dictionary

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  Niall Ó Dónaill (Ireland, 1908–1995) Irish and English bilingual dictionary


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  John Ogilvie (UK, 1797–1867) English language general dictionary


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  Charles Talbut Onions (UK, 1873–1965) English language historical dictionary


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  Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (Georgia, 1658–1725) Georgian language general dictionary


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  Oros of Alexandria (Egypt?, 5th century) Ancient Greek language dictionary


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  Osbern of Gloucester (UK, 1123–1200) Latin language etymological dictionary


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  Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847–1928) Japanese language general dictionary


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  Sergei Ozhegov (Russia, 1900–1964) Russian language general dictionary

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  Condé Benoist Pallen (US, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia


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  Alfredo Panzini (Italy, 1863–1939) Italian language general dictionary


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  Eric Partridge (New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English language dictionary of slang


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  Franz Passow (Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical dictionary


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  Hermann Paul (Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical dictionary


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  Andrew Pawley (Australia/New Zealand, born 1941) Austronesian languages


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  Clemente Peani (Italy/India, 1731–1782) Malayalam language dictionary


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  Edmund Peck (Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual dictionary


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  Aaron Peckham (US) English language dictionary of slang


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  Philitas of Cos (Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek language glossary


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  Philo of Byblos (Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek language dictionary of synonyms


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  Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai (India, 1864–1946) Malayalam language dictionary


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  Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski (Poland, US, born 1921) Polish and English bilingual dictionaries


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  Julius Pollux (Egypt/Greece, 2nd century) Ancient Greek language thesaurus


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  Noah Porter (US, 1811–1892) English language general dictionary


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  Malachy Postlewayt (UK, c. 1707–1767) English language LSP dictionary

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  Ola Raknes (Norway/US, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual dictionary


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  Stanislovas Rapalionis (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language


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  Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics


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  Allen Walker Read (US, 1906–2002) English language glossary


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  James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual dictionary


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  Gustaf Renvall (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general dictionary


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  Alain Rey (France, born 1928) French language general and LSP dictionary


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  Barbara Reynolds (UK, born 1914) Italian language dictionary


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  Kel Richards (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect dictionary


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  César-Pierre Richelet (French, 1626–1698) French language general dictionary


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  John Rider (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological dictionary


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  William Rider (UK, 1723–1785) English language general dictionary


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  Mark Ridley (UK, 1560 – c. 1624) Russian/English and English/Russian dictionaries


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  Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general dictionary


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  Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/USA/PR China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual dictionary


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  Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English language thesaurus


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  Leo Rosten (Poland–Russia/US, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon

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  Rachel Saint (USA/Ecuador/Africa, 1914–1994) Waorani language dictionary


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  Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (France, 1697–1781) French language glossary


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  William Salesbury (UK, c. 1520–1600) English and Welsh bilingual dictionary


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  Pekka Sammallahti (Finland, born 1947) Sámi dictionaries


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  Daniel Sanders (Germany, 1819–1897) German language general dictionary


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  Francisco J. Santamaría (Mexico, 1886–1963) Spanish language dictionary of Americanisms


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  Irene Saunders (US/PR China, living) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Valentin Schindler (Germany, died 1604) Hebrew et al. five-language dictionary


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  Steinar Schjøtt (Norway, 1844–1920) Norwegian and Danish bilingual dictionary


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  Johann Gottlob Schneider (Germany, 1750–1822) Ancient Greek and German bilingual dictionary


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  Ericus Schroderus (Sweden, 1608–1639) Latin and Scandinavian languages multilingual dictionary


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  August Schumann (Germany, 1773–1826) German language dictionary of Saxony


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  Robert Scott (UK, 1811–1887) Ancient Greek and English bilingual dictionary


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  Kurt Heinrich Sethe (Germany, 1869–1934) Ancient Egyptian language


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  Stephen Sewall (US, 1734–1804) Hebrew language


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  Sextus Pompeius Festus (Roman Empire, 2nd century) Ancient Latin etymological dictionary


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  Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Pakistan/Canada, 1917–2005) Urdu language dictionary


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  Jesse Sheidlower (US, born 1968) English language historical dictionary


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  Thomas A. Sherwood (US, 1791–1879) English place names gazetteer


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  David Shulman (US, 1912–2004) English language historical dictionary


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  Natalia Shvedova (Russia, born 1916) Russian language explanatory dictionary


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  John Simpson (UK, born 1953) English language historical dictionary


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  John McHardy Sinclair (UK, 1933–2007) English corpus linguistics, learner's dictionary


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  Konstantinas Sirvydas (Lithuania, 1580–1631) Lithuanian–Latin–Polish trilingual dictionary


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  Stephen Skinner (UK, 1623–1667) English language etymological dictionary


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  Johan Kristian Skougaard (Norway, 1847–1925) Norwegian and French bilingual dictionary


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  Nicholas Slonimsky (Russia, 1894–1995) Musicology, biography, and literary criticism


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  Benjamin Eli Smith (US, 1857–1913) English language general and LSP dictionary


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  John Smith (US, died 1809) Hebrew language


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  William Smith (UK, 1813–1893) Greek and Romance languages LSP dictionary


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  William Edward Soothill (UK/China, 1861–1935) Chinese language LSP dictionary


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  Lewis Spence (UK, 1874–1955) English language LSP dictionary


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  Alexander Spiers (UK/France, 1807–1869) English and French bilingual dictionary


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  Izmail Sreznevsky (Russia, 1812–1880) Ancient Russian language historical dictionary


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  Kory Stamper (post) Modern American/English


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  Jan Stanisławski (Poland, 1893–1973) Polish and English bilingual dictionary


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  Joakim Stulić (Croatia, 1730–1817) Croatian–Latin–Italian trilingual dictionary


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  Nahum Stutchkoff (US, 1893–1965) Yiddish language

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  John Van Nest Talmage (USA/China, 1819–1892) Chinese and English bilingual dictionary


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  Peter Tamony (US, 1902–1985) English LSP etymology


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  Jack Thiessen (Canada, 1932–present) Plautdietsch


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  Antoine Thomas (Belgium, 1644–1709) mathematics glossary


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  Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud (Germany/Netherlands, 1899–1988) Javanese and Dutch dictionary


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  Lewis Thorpe (UK, died 1977) French language


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  Alf Torp (Norway, 1853–1916) Norwegian and Danish bilingual etymological dictionary

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  Martin Ulvestad (Norway/US, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual dictionary


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  Laurence Urdang (US, 1927–2008) English language general dictionary


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  Dmitry Ushakov (Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general dictionary

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  Oreste Vaccari (Italy/Japan, died 1980) Japanese–English bilingual dictionary


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  Johan Hendrik van Dale (Netherlands, 1828–1872) creator of Van Dale's Great Dictionary of the Dutch Language
  


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  Louis Gustave Vapereau (France, 1819–1906) French LSP dictionary


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  G. Venkatasubbaiah (India, born 1913) Kannada language general dictionary, Kannada and English bilingual dictionary


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  Verrius Flaccus (Ancient Rome, c. 55 BC – 20 AD) Latin language orthographic dictionary


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  Faust Vrančić (Croatia, 1551–1617) Croatian et al. five-language dictionary

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  Magdi Wahba (Egypt, 1925–1991) Arabic and English bilingual dictionary


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  Noël François de Wailly (France, 1724–1801) French language dictionary of neologisms


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  John Walker (UK, 1732–1807) English language dictionary of rhymes and pronunciation


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  Fr. Paul Walsh (Ireland, 1885–1941) Irish place names and genealogy


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  John Walters (Wales, 1721–1797) English and Welsh languages


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  Wang Li (China, 1900–1986) Chinese language dictionary of word families


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  Grady Ward (US, born 1951) English language thesaurus


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  Oliver Wardrop (UK, 1864–1948) Georgian language


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  Noah Webster (US, 1758–1843) English language general dictionary


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  Edmund Weiner (UK, born 1950) English language historical dictionary


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  William Dwight Whitney (US, 1827–1894) English language general dictionary, English and German bilingual dictionary


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  Harischandra Wijayatunga (Sri Lanka, born 1931) Sinhala language general dictionary


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  Samuel Wells Williams (USA/China, 1812–1884) Chinese language dictionary, Cantonese language dictionary


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  Miron Winslow (USA/Sri Lanka, 1789–1864) Tamil and English bilingual dictionary


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  Arok Wolvengrey (Canada, born 1965) Cree and English bilingual dictionary


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  Joseph Emerson Worcester (US, 1784–1865) English language general and LSP dictionaries


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  Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (UK, 1870–1945) English language general dictionary

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  Xu Shen (China, c. 58–147) Chinese language character dictionary

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  Robert W. Young (US, 1912–2007) Navajo language general dictionary


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  Henry Yule (Scotland and India, 1820–1889), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")

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  Ladislav Zgusta (Czechoslovakia/US, 1924–2007) historical/comparative linguistics, onomastics, lexicography


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  Ben Zimmer (US, born 1971) English language visual thesaurus


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  Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Australia/Israel/Italy/UK, born 1971) Barngarla dictionary, Hebrew lexicology, phono-semantic matching, expert witness in lexicography^[1]

References

See also

• List of linguists