Properties (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Oxford_University
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Oxford_English_Dictionary
|
| gptkbp:awards |
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Oxford_University
|
| gptkbp:birthPlace |
Wolverhampton,_England
|
| gptkbp:born |
March 10, 1858
|
| gptkbp:children |
2
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
Language prescriptivism
Clarification_of_English_style Standardization_of_English_usage |
| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Oxford,_England
|
| gptkbp:died |
December 26, 1933
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| gptkbp:editor |
gptkb:The_Oxford_English_Dictionary
The Concise Oxford Dictionary |
| gptkbp:famousFor |
Grammar and usage rules
|
| gptkbp:field |
Linguistics
|
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Henry_Watson_Fowler
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
H.W. Fowler
|
| gptkbp:influence |
Public speaking
Academic writing Professional writing 20th-century linguistics Editors and proofreaders English_language_teaching |
| gptkbp:influenced |
Language education
Writers and editors Modern_English_grammar |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
|
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Prescriptive grammar
|
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
gptkb:Fowler's_Modern_English_Usage
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Strunk and White
|
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
“The_English_language_is_a_living_thing.”
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
Modern English Usage (1926) A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (2nd edition) The_King's_English_(1908) The_Oxford_English_Dictionary_(editorial_work) |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Lexicographer
|
| gptkbp:publishedBy |
gptkb:Modern_English_Usage
|
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:England
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Frances_Mary_Fowler
|
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:The_King's_English
|