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Frederick James Furnivall

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Frederick James Furnivall was an English philologist, best known as one of the co-creators of the New English Dictionary. He founded a number of learned societies on early English literature and made pioneering and massive editorial contributions to the subject, of which the most notable was his parallel text edition of The Canterbury Tales. He was one of the founders of and teachers at the London Working Men's College and a lifelong campaigner against injustice.

Books

The Digby Mysteries
The Digby Mysteries
Frederick James Furnivall
Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 A.D
Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 A.D
Frederick James Furnivall
Early English Meals and Manners
Early English Meals and Manners
Frederick James Furnivall
Ballads from Manuscripts: pt. 1. A poore mans pittance by Richard williams, edited from the autograph MS. by F.J. Furnivalle, M.A.; pt. 2. Ballads relating chiefly to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, edited, with introcudtion and notes to the whole volume by W.R. Morfill, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford
Ballads from Manuscripts: pt. 1. A poore mans pittance by Richard williams, edited from the autograph MS. by F.J. Furnivalle, M.A.; pt. 2. Ballads relating chiefly to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, edited, with introcudtion and notes to the whole volume by W.R. Morfill, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford
Frederick James Furnivall, William Richard Morfill
The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London
The Fifty Earliest English Wills in the Court of Probate, London
Frederick James Furnivall
Adam Davy's 5 Dreams about Edward II; The Life of St. Alexius; Solomon's Book of Wisdom, St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens Before Doomsday; The Lamentacion of Souls
Adam Davy's 5 Dreams about Edward II; The Life of St. Alexius; Solomon's Book of Wisdom, St. Jeremie's 15 Tokens Before Doomsday; The Lamentacion of Souls
Frederick James Furnivall
Adam Davy's 5 Dreams about Edward II.
Adam Davy's 5 Dreams about Edward II.
Frederick James Furnivall
Loose and Humorous Songs
Loose and Humorous Songs
Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales
Queene Elizabethes Achademy (by Sir Humphrey Gilbert).
Queene Elizabethes Achademy (by Sir Humphrey Gilbert).
Frederick James Furnivall
The Boke of Nurture
The Boke of Nurture
Frederick James Furnivall, John Russell, Wynkyn de Worde, Hugh Rhodes
Love-poems and Humourous Ones
Love-poems and Humourous Ones
Frederick James Furnivall
The Minor Poems of the Vernon Ms
The Minor Poems of the Vernon Ms
Frederick James Furnivall, Horstmann
The Minor Poems of the Vernon Ms. ...
The Minor Poems of the Vernon Ms. ...
Frederick James Furnivall, Carl Horstmann
The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England
The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England
Frederick James Furnivall
The Macro plays
The Macro plays
Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick James Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Andrew Borde
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde ... A Compendyous Regyment, Or A Dyetary of Helth Made in Mountpyllier,
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde ... A Compendyous Regyment, Or A Dyetary of Helth Made in Mountpyllier,
Frederick James Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Andrew Borde
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde, of Physycke Doctor. A Compendyous Regyment; Or, A Dyetary of Helth Made in Mountpyllier
The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Made by Andrew Borde, of Physycke Doctor. A Compendyous Regyment; Or, A Dyetary of Helth Made in Mountpyllier
Frederick James Furnivall, Andrew Boorde, Milton Barnes
The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England
The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England
Frederick James Furnivall
A Temporary Preface to the Six-Text. Ed. of Chaucers Canterbury Tales ... Attempting to show the true order of the tales ... By ---.
A Temporary Preface to the Six-Text. Ed. of Chaucers Canterbury Tales ... Attempting to show the true order of the tales ... By ---.
Frederick James Furnivall
A Temporary Preface to the Six-text Edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
A Temporary Preface to the Six-text Edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Frederick James Furnivall

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