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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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British lexicographer

Born 1810
Died 1897

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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

    Cover of edition dictionaryofphra00brewuoft Cover of edition dictionaryphrase00brew Cover of edition cu31924017912217 Cover of edition dictionaryofphra01brew Cover of edition brewersdictionar0000brew_n6j9 Cover of edition brewersdictionar00brew Cover of edition brewersdictionar00brew Cover of edition brewersdictionar00brewrich First published in 1870 — 39 editions
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  • Cover of: A Dictionary Of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, And Dogmatic

    Cover of edition dictionaryofmira00brewrich Cover of edition dictionaryofmira00brew_0 Cover of edition b24873263 Cover of edition adictionarymira00brewgoog Cover of edition dictionaryofmira00brew Cover of edition dictionaryofmira0000brew First published in 1884 — 16 editions
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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

    First published in 1870 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories

    Cover of edition readershandbook00brew Cover of edition readershandbooko00brew Cover of edition readershandbo00brew Cover of edition readershandbook00brewgoog First published in 1880 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama

    Cover of edition charactersketche01brewuoft First published in 1892 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references, proverbs, plots, stories, and poems

    Cover of edition readershand00brew First published in 1901 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A guide to the scientific knowledge of things familiar.

    Cover of edition guidetoscientifi00brewrich Cover of edition guidetoscientifi00brew Cover of edition guidetoscientifi00brewuoft Cover of edition guidetoscientifi00brew_0 First published in 1848 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The historic note-book: with an appendix of battles.

    Cover of edition historicnotebook00brewrich First published in 1891 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable.

    First published in 1956 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references, proverbs,plots, stories, and poems.

    First published in 1898 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A guide to the scientific knowledge of things familiar

    Cover of edition b21496353 Cover of edition b21495865 Cover of edition b21497126 First published in 1853 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Brewer's concise dictionary of phrase & fable

    First published in 1993 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Rules for English Spelling

    First published in 2018 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of phrase and fable

    First published in 1895 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A guide to the scientific knowledge of things familiar

    First published in 1852 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Dictionary of Miracles, Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic

    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The historic note-book, with an appendix of battles

    First published in 1901 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Sound and Its Phenomena

    First published in 1864 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Brewer's Quotations: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary (Brewer's)

    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar

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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