Frederick James Furnivall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick James Furnivall

British lexicographer

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1825

Place of Birth: Egham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1910

Profession: linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910), one of the co-creators of the New English Dictionary, was an English philologist.
He founded a number of learned societies on early English literature and made pioneering and massive editorial contributions to the subject, of which the most notable was his parallel text edition of The Canterbury Tales.
He was one of the founders of and teachers at the London Working Men's College and a lifelong campaigner against injustice.