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Joseph Bosworth was a Buckinghamshire vicar who had an interest in European languages. His best known work was 'A Dictonary of the Anglo-Saxon Language' published in 1838. He became Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1858 until his death in 1876. The Professorship known since 1916 as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon was subsequently held by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1925-1945.
Joseph Bosworth was a Buckinghamshire vicar who had an interest in European languages. His best known work was 'A Dictonary of the Anglo-Saxon Language' published in 1838. He became Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1858 until his death in 1876. The Professorship known since 1916 as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon was subsequently held by J. R. R. Tolkien between 1925-1945.
| Name: | Joseph Bosworth |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reverend |
| Name suffix: | FRS |
| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | English |
| Date of birth: | 1788 |
| Date of death: | 1876 |
| Roles: | Etymologist; Clergy |
| Project person ID: | SLP008 |
| Image rights: | © National Portrait Gallery London by Unknown artist lithograph 1831 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
