List of lexicographers

This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries.

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  • Jonah ibn Janah (Spain, c. 990–1050) Hebrew language lexicon
  • Ibn Manzur (Maghreb Arabia, 1233–1312) Arabic dictionary incorporating earlier dictionaries
  • Laurynas Ivinskis (Lithuania, 1810–1881) Lithuanian language bilingual dictionary

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  • Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787–1864) Serbian language general dictionary
  • Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkey, 1005–1102), Uyghur language
  • Bartol Kašić (Croatia, 1575–1650) Croatian and Italian bilingual dictionary
  • John Samuel Kenyon (US, 1874–1959) English language dictionary of pronunciation
  • Adam Kilgarriff (UK, 1960–2015) English language and computer lexicography
  • Barbara Ann Kipfer (US, born 1954) English language general and LSP dictionary
  • Ferdinand Kittel (Germany/India, 1832–1903) Kannada and English bilingual dictionary
  • Friedrich Kluge (Germany, 1856–1926) German language etymological dictionary
  • Grzegorz Knapski (Poland, 1561–1639) Polish, Latin and Greek thesaurus
  • Władysław Kopaliński (Poland, 1907–2007) Polish language etymological dictionary
  • Emmanuel Kriaras (Greece, born 1906) Greek language historical dictionary
  • Raphael Kuhner (Germany, 1802–1878) Greek and Latin languages
  • Hans Kurath (Austria/US, 1891–1992) English language historical dictionary, dialect atlas

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  • Hajime Nakamura (Japan, 1911–1999) Sanskrit and Pali languages
  • Nathan ben Jehiel (Italy, c. 1035–1106) Hebrew language dictionary
  • William Allen Neilson (UK/US, 1869–1946) English language general dictionary
  • Andrew Nelson (US/Japan, 1893–1975) Japanese and English bilingual dictionary
  • Jean Nicot (France, 1530–1600) French language historical dictionary
  • Sandro Nielsen (Denmark, born 1961) Danish language LSP dictionary
  • Nonius Marcellus (Italy, 3rd/4th centuries) Latin language lexicon
  • Jerry Norman (US, 1936–2012) Manchu-English dictionary

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  • Condé Benoist Pallen (US, 1858–1929) English language encyclopedia
  • Alfredo Panzini (Italy, 1863–1939) Italian language general dictionary
  • Eric Partridge (New Zealand/Australia/UK, 1894–1979) English language dictionary of slang
  • Franz Passow (Germany, 1786–1933) Greek language historical dictionary
  • Hermann Paul (Germany, 1846–1921) German language historical dictionary
  • Andrew Pawley (Australia/New Zealand, born 1941) Austronesian languages
  • Clemente Peani (Italy/India, 1731–1782) Malayalam language dictionary
  • Edmund Peck (Canada, 1850–1924) Inaktitut and English bilingual dictionary
  • Aaron Peckham (US) English language dictionary of slang
  • Philitas of Cos (Greece, c. 340–285 BC) Ancient Greek language glossary
  • Philo of Byblos (Greece, c. 64–141 AD) Ancient Greek language dictionary of synonyms
  • Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai (India, 1864–1946) Malayalam language dictionary
  • Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski (Poland, US, born 1921) Polish and English bilingual dictionaries
  • Julius Pollux (Egypt/Greece, 2nd century) Ancient Greek language thesaurus
  • Noah Porter (US, 1811–1892) English language general dictionary
  • Malachy Postlewayt (UK, c. 1707–1767) English language LSP dictionary

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  • Ola Raknes (Norway/US, 1887–1975) Norwegian and English bilingual dictionary
  • Stanislovas Rapalionis (Lithuania/Germany, 1485–1545) Lithuanian language
  • Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787–1832) Indo-European comparative linguistics
  • Allen Walker Read (US, 1906–2002) English language glossary
  • James Redhouse (UK, 1811–1892) Turkish and English bilingual dictionary
  • Gustaf Renvall (Finland, 1781–1841) Finnish language general dictionary
  • Alain Rey (France, born 1928) French language general and LSP dictionary
  • Barbara Reynolds (UK, born 1914) Italian language dictionary
  • Kel Richards (Australia, born 1946) English language dialect dictionary
  • César-Pierre Richelet (French, 1626–1698) French language general dictionary
  • John Rider (UK/Ireland, 1562–1632) Latin language etymological dictionary
  • William Rider (UK, 1723–1785) English language general dictionary
  • Mark Ridley (England, 1560 – c. 1624) Russian/English and English/Russian dictionaries
  • Paul Robert (French, 1910–1980) French language general dictionary
  • Nancy Roper (UK, 1918–2004) Nursing and medical dictionaries
  • Joseph Francis Charles Rock (Austria/US/China, 1884–1962) Naxi and English bilingual dictionary
  • Peter Mark Roget (UK, 1779–1869) English language thesaurus
  • Leo Rosten (Poland–Russia/US, 1908–1997) Hebrew and English lexicon

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  • Martin Ulvestad (Norway/US, 1865–1942) English–Danish–Norwegian trilingual dictionary
  • Laurence Urdang (US, 1927–2008) English language general dictionary
  • Dmitry Ushakov (Russia, 1873–1942) Russian language general dictionary

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  • Xu Shen (China, c. 58–147) Chinese language character dictionary

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  • Robert W. Young (US, 1912–2007) Navajo language general dictionary
  • Henry Yule (Scotland and India, 1820–1889), co-compiler of Hobson-Jobson ("A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive")

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References
  1. Moroccanoil v Aldi 2017, Federal Court of Australia, J. Katzmann (Judge), 31 August 2017.

See also
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