Henry Watson Fowler

Henry Watson Fowler was an 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.

Fowler was born onMarch 1858 in Tonbridge, Kent. His parents, the Rev. Robert Fowler and his wife Caroline, ne Watson, were originally from Devon. Robert Fowler was a Cambridge graduate, clergyman, and schoolmaster. At the time of Henrys birth he was teaching mathematics at Tonbridge School, but the family soon moved to nearby Tunbridge Wells. Henry was the eldest child of seven, and his fathers early death in 1879 left him to assume a leading role in caring for his younger brothers and sister .

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