Walter William Skeat
British etymologist and professor
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- 1835–1912
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About Walter William Skeat
Walter William Skeat was a British philologist and Anglican deacon. The pre-eminent British philologist of his time, he was instrumental in developing the English language as a higher education subject in the United Kingdom.
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