Lexicographer

A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary.

Some famous lexicographers:

• Julian Barnes (at a stretch)
• Henry Bradley
• Peter Bowler
• Robert Burchfield
• William Craigie
• Vladimir Dal
• Henry Watson Fowler
• Isaac Kaufmann Funk
• Hesychius of Alexandria
• A. S. Hornby
• Samuel Johnson
• Pierre Larousse
• James Murray
• Sergei Ozhegov
• Charles Talbut Onions
• Eric Partridge
• Josette Rey-Debove
• Peter Mark Roget
• John Simpson
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Noah Webster

Johnson defined a lexicographer as "a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words".

See also: List of lexicographers