LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nathan Bailey	Lexicographer	?	27-Jun-1742	Dictionarium Britannicum
Ambrose Bierce	Author	24-Jun-1842	c. 1914	The Devil's Dictionary
Edmund Castell	Lexicographer	1606	1685	Lexicon Heptaglotton
Sir Thomas Elyot	Scholar	c. 1490	26-Mar-1546	Boke named the Governour
William Torrey Harris	Educator	10-Sep-1835	5-Nov-1909	US Commissioner of Education
Samuel Johnson	Lexicographer	18-Sep-1709	13-Dec-1784	A Dictionary of the English Language
Clement Clarke Moore	Poet	15-Jul-1779	10-Jul-1863	'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Eric S. Raymond	Computer Programmer	4-Dec-1957		The New Hacker's Dictionary
Suïdas	Lexicographer	fl. 10th c. AD	fl. 10th c. AD	Byzantine Greek lexicographer
Fausto Veranzio	Engineer	1551	27-Jan-1617	Tested Da Vinci's parachute
Noah Webster	Lexicographer	16-Oct-1758	28-May-1843	Webster's Dictionary

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