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Henry Sweet

(1845—1912) phonetician and comparative philologist

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Henry Higgins

Henry Higgins  

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The phonetician in Shaw's Pygmalion, modelled on H. Sweet.
Pygmalion

Pygmalion  

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A play by Bernard Shaw, first performed 1913 in Vienna, published and performed in London, 1916.It describes the transformation of a Cockney flower‐seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a passable imitation ...
Sir James Murray

Sir James Murray  

(1837–1915),acquired his great philological and anti‐quarian knowledge largely through his own studies. He made the acquaintance of many scholars with similar preoccupations, including Skeat, Sweet, ...

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