Furnivall, Frederick James
- Furnivall, Frederick James
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▪ British scholar
born Feb. 4, 1825, Egham, Surrey, Eng.
died July 2, 1910, London
English literary scholar who, partly by his own efforts in
textual criticism and partly by founding learned societies, especially the Early English Text Society, was instrumental in initiating a major revival in the study of medieval English literature. Though he first studied law and was called to the bar in 1849, he came to divide his energies between scholarship and social activism, primarily in Christian Socialism and the founding of the Working Men's College, London (1854).
His interest in medieval English works was chiefly literary, but he also valued them for their illumination of social history and considered it a duty to his countrymen to make them available in accurate editions. Of the many editions that he himself prepared, including other of Chaucer's works, the most important was the “Six-Text” edition (1866–82) of the
Canterbury Tales. He did much to foster the study of Shakespeare, of John Wycliffe, and of the ballad; he also originated the concept and assisted in the preparation of
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, now the
Oxford English Dictionary.* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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Furnivall,Frederick James — Fur·ni·vall (fûrʹnə vəl), Frederick James. 1825 1910. British philologist who founded numerous literary societies and as a member of the Philological Society proposed the Oxford English Dictionary in 1857. * * * … Universalium
FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES — English barrister, born at Egham, in Surrey; devoted to the study of Early and Middle English Literature; founder and director of numerous societies for promoting the study of special works, such as the Early English Text, Chaucer, Ballad, and … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Furnivall, Frederick James — Ph.D., D.Litt. (b. 1825) Scholar. Has ed. many publications in connection with the Early English Text, Chaucer, Ballad, New Shakespeare, and similar Societies, of several of which he was the founder … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Frederick James Furnivall — (4 February 1825 ndash; 2 July 1910), one of the co creators of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), was an English philologist. He founded a number of learned societies on early English Literature, and made pioneering and massive editorial… … Wikipedia
Frederick James Furnivall — noun English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825 1910) • Syn: ↑Furnivall • Instance Hypernyms: ↑philologist, ↑philologue … Useful english dictionary
Frederick Furnivall — Frederick Furnivall. Frederick James Furnivall (Egham, Surrey, 4 de febrero de 1825 2 de julio de 1910), filólogo y editor inglés. Hijo de un cirujano, en la Universidad de Oxford sintió un gran interés por la filología inglesa y el remo, deporte … Wikipedia Español
Furnivall — Furnivall, Frederick James, engl. Literarhistoriker, geb. 4. Febr. 1825 zu Egham in Surrey, wurde Rechtsanwalt, dann »christlicher Sozialist« zum Zweck einer freisinnigen Lösung der Arbeiterfrage (durch Begründung des Working Men s College, an… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Furnivall Sculling Club — is a rowing club based on the Tideway in Hammersmith, London. It was founded as Hammersmith Sculling Club in 1896 by Dr Frederick James Furnivall. Originally a club for women only, it opened its doors to men in 1901. The club colours are myrtle… … Wikipedia
Furnivall — (spr. förnĭwĕl), Frederick James, engl. Philolog, geb. 4. Febr. 1825 in Egham (Surrey), seit 1854 Sekretär der Philol. Gesellschaft in London, Begründer der English Text Society (1864), der Chaucer Society (1868), der New Shakespeare Society… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Furnivall — [ fəːnɪvəl], Frederick James, englischer Literarhistoriker, * Egham (Surrey) 4. 2. 1825, ✝ London 2. 7. 1910; war bahnbrechend als Herausgeber frühenglischer Texte, Gründer der »Early English Text Society« (1864), der »Chaucer Society« u. a.;… … Universal-Lexikon
