Everything about Herbert Coleridge totally explained
Herbert "Herbie" Coleridge (
October 7,
1830-
April 23,
1861) was a
British philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the
Oxford English Dictionary.
He was the son of
Sara and
Henry Nelson Coleridge and the grandson of poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He earned a
double first in
Classics and
mathematics at
Balliol College,
Oxford. After graduation, he became a
barrister, but, living off a small
annuity, devoted most of his time and energy to linguistics studies. At age 27, as a member of the
Philological Society, he formed a committee with
Richard Chenevix Trench and
Frederick Furnivall to identify and research words unlisted and undefined in English dictionaries of the period. The efforts of this committee eventually led to the development of the
Oxford English Dictionary. A dedicated editor, he died of
tuberculosis at age 31 after completing some fundamental work for the project.
Works
- A Glossarial Index to the Printed English Literature of the Thirteenth Century. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.
- A Dictionary of the First, or Oldest Words in the English Language: from the Semi Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300. Consisting of An Alphabetical Inventory of Every Word Found in the Printed English Literature of the 13TH Century. London: John Camden Hotten, 1863.
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