biography
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| (1845–1912)
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| biography:
| Philologist, born in London, UK. He became reader in phonetics at Oxford, where he pioneered Anglo-Saxon studies. His works include Old and Middle English texts, primers, and dictionaries, and a historical English grammar. He was the probable source for Professor Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion. |
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