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Walter W. Skeat

Born

in London, England

November 21, 1835

Died

January 01, 1912

Genre

Reference, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Walter William Skeat, English philologist, educated at King's College School (Wimbledon), Highgate School, and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in July 1860. The noted palaeographer T. C. Skeat was his grandson.

In 1878 he was elected Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge. He completed Mitchell Kemble's edition of the Anglo-Saxon Gospels, and did much other work both in Anglo-Saxon and in Gothic, but is perhaps most generally known for his labours in Middle English, and for his standard editions of Chaucer and Langland's Piers Plowman.

As he himself generously declared, he was at first mainly guided in the study of Chaucer by Henry Bradshaw, with whom he was to have participated in the edition of ...more

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	The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology 4.40 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1882 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etymological Dictionary of the English Language 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malay Magic: Being An Introduction To The Folklore And Popular Religion Of The Malay Peninsula by Walter W. Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (Foreword by) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1900 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Dialects from the Eighth Century to the Present Day 3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1912 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romance Of William Of Palerne: Otherwise Known As The Romance Of William And The Werwolf; Also A Fragment Of The Romance, Alisaunder 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1867 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A concise etymological dictionary of the English language 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The tale of Gamelyn 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1350 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pierce the Ploughman's Crede (Early English Text Society Original Series) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of English Etymology 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1919 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lancelot of the Laik: A Scottish Metrical Romance 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1865 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars