Rev. William Archibald Spooner

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Henry_Liddon
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Oxford_Movement
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:New_College,_Oxford
Humor in education
gptkbp:birthDate 1844-01-22
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace St._Mary’s_Church,_Fairford
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Humor in language
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence on comedy
gptkbp:deathDate 1930-08-29
gptkbp:education gptkb:Oxford_University
gptkbp:famousFor Creating humorous phrases
Spoonerisms in speech
gptkbp:famousQuote "You have hissed all my mystery lectures, and were caught fighting a liar in the quad."
gptkbp:field Theology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Archibald_Spooner
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rev. William Archibald Spooner
gptkbp:influence Linguistics
gptkbp:influenced Language studies
Language arts
Comedy writers
Modern linguists
Linguistic_creativity
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:John_Henry_Newman
Rhetoric
Victorian literature
gptkbp:influenceOn Public speaking
Wordplay
Language play
Linguistic humor
Verbal humor
gptkbp:inspiration Spoonerism humor
gptkbp:knownFor Humor
Verbal slips
gptkbp:legacy Spoonerism
Spoonerism as a linguistic phenomenon
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname Spooner
gptkbp:notableEvent Public speaking mishaps
Recognition in linguistics
gptkbp:notableFeature Cultural references in media
Language and humor studies
Mispronounced phrases
Spoonerism in literature
Spoonerism in popular culture
gptkbp:notableFor Spoonerisms
gptkbp:notableWork Spoonerisms
gptkbp:occupation Clergyman
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Gerrards_Cross,_England
gptkbp:relatedTo Linguistic errors
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Berkshire,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ethel_Spooner