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Richard Huloet

Summary

Richard Huloet was a 16th-century[1] English lexicographer. He was born at Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire.[2] He was a contemporary of Peter Levens, John Withals, and John Véron.

According to some sources, Samuel Johnson and he were the first writers in the English language to use the term "honeymoon".[3][4] He was the author of the Abecedarium Anglico-Latinum (1552). The book was dedicated to Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely and chancellor of England.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ Cepeda, Marlisse A. (22 June 2016). "This Is the Real Reason We Go on Honeymoons". Country Living. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ Starnes, D. T. (1 January 1951). "Richard Huloet's "Abcedarium:" A Study in English-Latin Lexicography". Studies in Philology. 48 (4): 717–737. JSTOR 4172992.
  3. ^ Kerley, DeAnna (14 January 2014). "Where Does the Term "Honeymoon" Come From?". Mental Floss. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ^ Harrison, Olivia (28 June 2016). "Oh, So THIS Is Why Newlyweds Go On Honeymoons?". Refinery29. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ^ Stein, Gabriele. 2006. Richard Huloet as a Recorder of the English Lexicon. In Selected Proceedings of the 2005 Symposium on New Approaches in English Historical Lexis (HEL-LEX), ed. R. W. McConchie et al., 24-33. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project http://www.lingref.com/cpp/hel-lex/2005/paper1343.pdf
  6. ^ Edmund Carter (1819). The History of the County of Cambridge, from the Earliest Account to the Present Time. S. &. R. Bentley.

External links edit

  • Richard Huloet's entry on Wikisource
  • Richard Huloet's entry in Encyclopedia Britannica