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W. W. Skeat

(1835—1912) philologist


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(1835–1912)

19th‐century editor of Old and Middle English literature. He became a mathematics lecturer at Christ's College, Cambridge (1864), but spent much time in the study of Early English and ...

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Skeat, W. W. (1835–1912)
in The Oxford Companion to Chaucer Length: 183 words
Skeat, W. W. (1835–1912)
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 141 words
Skeat, W. W. (Walter William) (1835–1912)
in The Oxford Companion to the Book Length: 126 words
Skeat, W. W. (1835–1912)
in A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (2) Length: 49 words

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