Henry Liddell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Liddell

Headmaster, lexicographer, classical scholar, and dean

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1811

Place of Birth: Bishop Auckland, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1898

Profession: university teacher, classical scholar, linguist, lexicographer, classical philologist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Henry Liddell

  • Henry George Liddell (; 6 February 1811 – 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–91) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–74), headmaster (1846–55) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after him), author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author (with Robert Scott) of the monumental work A Greek–English Lexicon, known as "Liddell and Scott", which is still widely used by students of Greek.
  • Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for Henry Liddell's daughter Alice.

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