Henry Sweet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 112 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 15,1845 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | April 30,1912 |
| Died | Oxford |
| United Kingdom | |
| Fields | Phonetics |
| Old English | |
| Language education | |
| Books | A Handbook of Phonetics |
| Education | Balliol College |
| Edited works | The oldest English texts |
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| ID | 805456 |
Henry Sweet Life story
Henry Sweet was an English philologist, phonetician and grammarian. As a philologist, he specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Old English and Old Norse. In addition, Sweet published works on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language and the teaching of languages.
