| LC control no. | n 50027721 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933 |
| Variant(s) | Fowler, Henry Watson, 1858-1933 Fowler, Henry W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933 Fowler, Henry (Henry Watson), 1858-1933 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1858-03-10 |
| Death date | 1933-12-26 |
| Place of birth | Tonbridge (England) |
| Place of death | Hinton St. George (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Authors Lexicographers |
| Found in | Fowler, F. G. The works of Lucian of Samosata, 1905. His Fowler's Modern English usage, c1983: CIP t.p. (H.W. Fowler) Fowler's dictionary of modern English usage, 2015: title page (first edition H.W. Fowler) jacket (Henry Watson Fowler worked as a teacher and freelance writer) Wikipedia, April 5, 2016 (Henry Watson Fowler; English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language; he is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius;" born March 10, 1858 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; after an Oxford education, Fowler was a schoolmaster until his middle age and then worked in London as a freelance writer and journalist, but was not very successful; in partnership with his brother Francis, and beginning in 1906, he began publishing seminal grammar, style and lexicography books; after his brother's death in 1918, he completed the works on which they had collaborated and edited additional works; he died December 26, 1933 in Hinton St George, Somerset, England |
| Associated language | eng |
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