1801 - 1886
William Barnes British Linguist
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| First Name |
William
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| Last Name |
Barnes
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| Birthday |
22nd February, 1801
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| Birthplace |
Bagber, Dorset
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| Died |
7th October, 1886
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| Place of Death |
Winterborne Came, Dorset, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
minister, poet and philologist
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| Occupation |
Linguist
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William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages. A linguistic purist, Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech".
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