Herbert Coleridge
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Herbert at the age of 17 |
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(1830-10-07)October 7, 1830 |
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April 23, 1861(1861-04-23) (aged 30) |
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Herbert "Herbie" Coleridge (7 October 1830 – 23 April 1861) was a British philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the Oxford English Dictionary. He was a grandson of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Biography
He was the son of Sara and Henry Nelson 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 30 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.
References
External links
- 1 2 Srinivasan, Archana (2004). Eminent English Writers. Sura Books. p. 12. ISBN 9788174785299.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wroth, Warwick William (1887). "Coleridge, William Hart". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - 1 2 3 4 Blain, Michael. "The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members’ Connections" (PDF). Anglican History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Barbeau, Jeffrey W. (2014). Sara Coleridge: Her Life and Thought. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137430854.
- ↑ Colerdige, Derwent (1852). Poems by Coleridge, Hartley, 1796-1849. E. Moxon.
- 1 2 "Ernest Hartley Coleridge". University of Texas. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sara Coleridge". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.