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'''Ernest Weekley''' (1865–1954) was a British [[philologist]]. From 1898 to 1938 he was Professor of Modern Languages at the [[University of Nottingham]]. But he is best known as the author of a number of works on etymology. His ''An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (1921) (850 pages) has been cited as a source by most authors of similar books over the 90 years since it was published. |
'''Ernest Weekley''' (1865–1954) was a British [[philologist]]. From 1898 to 1938 he was Professor of Modern Languages at the [[University of Nottingham]]. But he is best known as the author of a number of works on etymology. His ''An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (1921) (850 pages) has been cited as a source by most authors of similar books over the 90 years since it was published. |
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He married [[Frieda von Richthofen]] in 1899; they divorced in 1913 following her elopement with the writer [[D. H. Lawrence]]. |
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== Selected bibliography == |
== Selected bibliography == |
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Revision as of 22:16, 1 July 2010
Ernest Weekley (1865–1954) was a British philologist. From 1898 to 1938 he was Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham. But he is best known as the author of a number of works on etymology. His An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1921) (850 pages) has been cited as a source by most authors of similar books over the 90 years since it was published.
He married Frieda von Richthofen in 1899; they divorced in 1913 following her elopement with the writer D. H. Lawrence.
Selected bibliography
- The Romance of Words (1912; and subsequent editions in 1913 (2nd), 1917 (3rd), 1922 (4th) and 1928 (5th))
- The Romance of Names (1914; and subsequent editions in 1914 (2nd), 1922 (3rd) and 1928 (4th))
- Surnames (1916; and subsequent editions in 1917 (2nd) and 1936 (3rd)
- A Concise Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1924)
- Words Ancient and Modern (1926)
- More Words Ancient and Modern (1927)
- Adjectives — and other words (1930)
- Words and Names (1932)
- Something about words (1935)
- Jack and Jill. A Study in our Christian names (1939)
- Words Ancient and Modern (new combined ed.) (1946)
External links
- Books by Ernest Weekley published prior to 1923 are freely downloadable at Archive.org.
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