Grace Tierney
I write about the history of unusual English words on my Wordfoolery blog every week. My series about eponyms there gave me a chance to explore biographies as well as words. The people who gave their names to the dictionary are extraordinary and varied - inventors, chefs, villains, and style icons. I wanted to tell their stories to a wider audience.
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