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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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British lexicographer

Born 1810
Died 1897

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  • Cover of: Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1881 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell. to Which Is Added a Concise Bibliography of English Literature; Volume 2

    First published in 2018 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell

    First published in 1922 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dictionaryofphra0000brew
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    First published in 2009 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Reader's Handbook Of Famous Names In Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories, And Poems, Volume 2

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    First published in 1966 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references, proverbs, plots, stories, and poems, together with an English and American ... the authors and dates of dramas and operas,

    First published in 1898 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references, proberbs, plots, stories, and poems. Vol. 1 and 2, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1899

    First published in 1966 1 edition
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    First published in 1884 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1830 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1844 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1877 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A guide to English composition, or, One hundred and twenty subjects analyzed, and illustrated from analogy, history, and the writings of celebrated ancient and modern authors, to teach the art of argumentation and the development of thought

    First published in 1853 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1891 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Poetical chronology of inventions, discoveries, battles, and of eminent men, from the Conquest to the present time: exhibiting their effects on the history of Great Britain: elucidated by a catechism in prose subjoined to each page.

    First published in 1853 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1874 1 edition — 1 previewable
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We need a photo of Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

British lexicographer

Born 1810
Died 1897
Subjects
Dictionaries, Literature, Allusions, English language, Mythology, Terms and phrases, Fiction, History, English language, terms and phrases, Fables, Dictionaries, indexes, Dictionnaires anglais, English language, dictionaries, Folklore, dictionaries, Literature, dictionaries, Miracles, Science, Allusions in literature, Idioms, Juvenile literature, New words, Allusion, Bibliography, Dictionary, Dictionnaires
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France, Germany, Rome
People
Constance Caroline Woodhill Naden

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Alternative names

  • E.Cobham Brewer
  • E. Cobham Brewer
  • E. COBHAM BREWER
  • Cobham Brewer, Ebenezer
  • Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
  • Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
  • E[benezer] Cobham Brewer
  • [Ebenezer Cobham] Brewer

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December 28, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 12, 2014 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import