140:(1837), especially for his ignorance of oriental languages. "Tooke's principle", wrote Webster, "that a word has one meaning, and one only, and that from this all usages must spring, is substantially correct; but he has, in most cases, failed to find that meaning, and you have rarely or never advanced a step beyond him". In quotations from authors the dictionary was far more copious than any previous work of its class in English. Despite many technical failings the work was commended by the
245:
128:, and the work itself was published by William Pickering in parts between January 1835 and the spring of 1837. It was published in volumes, with additional front matter and some omitted words including "retrospect" appended, in April 1837. The dictionary is a republication of the lexicon, with improvements and additions. Richardson's principle was to rely on
255:
103:
260:
222:
287:
203:
J. C. B. Cooksey, ‘Nasmyth family (per. 1788–1884)’, Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
292:
120:
216:
152:. An abridged single volume edition, without the quotations, appeared in 1839, with a new preface, but uncorrected.
38:
in July 1775 and started a legal career, but left it early for scholarly and literary pursuits. He kept a school on
78:
82:
148:
183:. The six Nasmyth sisters were all artists and at one time they all moved to live close to each other in
142:
43:
282:
277:
215:
51:
47:
179:
the actor, whose son was at his school. Elizabeth ran an artist's school at her house assisted by
163:, and wrote essays on 'English Grammar and English Grammarians,' and on 'Fancy and Imagination.'
172:
62:
74:
187:. Elizabeth died in 1863, and to her daughter Jane he bequeathed his house at Tulse Hill.
108:
98:
39:
93:
Richardson was a philologist of the school of John Horne Tooke. In 1815 he published
271:
249:
180:
176:
133:
118:
In 1818 the opening portions of an
English lexicon, by Richardson, appeared in the
73:
on Friday, 6 Oct. 1865, and was buried in his mother's grave at
Clapham. A bust of
58:
23:
204:
66:
57:
Richardson gave up his school after 1827, and then lived at Lower Tulse Hill,
35:
155:
He also published a book on the study of language, an explanation of Tooke's
129:
234:, ed. by Julie Coleman and Anne McDermott. Tübingen 2004, p. 109–118.
70:
65:
in London. In 1853 a pension of £75 a year was granted to him from the
184:
248: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
230:
Rowena Fowler: "Text and
Meaning in Richardson's Dictionary". In:
232:
8:
264:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
226:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
97:, consisting of a critical examination of
124:. In 1834 he issued the prospectus of a
46:, who assisted Richardson as a copyist,
217:"Richardson, Charles (1775-1865)"
196:
159:(1854). He contributed papers to the
7:
104:A Dictionary of the English Language
22:(1775–1865) was an English teacher,
115:. The book was reissued in 1826.
95:Illustrations to English Philology
42:, and among his pupils there were
14:
132:. He was severely criticised by
16:English teacher and lexicographer
261:Dictionary of National Biography
243:
223:Dictionary of National Biography
256:Richardson, Charles (1775-1865)
111:'s criticism of Horne Tooke's
1:
61:. Before 1859 he moved to 23
309:
121:Encyclopædia Metropolitana
79:University College, London
85:, was bequeathed by him.
138:Mistakes and Corrections
83:Francis Leggatt Chantrey
288:English lexicographers
171:He married the artist
126:New English Dictionary
44:Charles James Mathews
293:Linguists of English
205:accessed 14 May 2017
161:Gentleman's Magazine
157:Diversions of Purley
149:Gentleman's Magazine
113:Diversions of Purley
52:John Maddison Morton
48:John Mitchell Kemble
143:Quarterly Magazine
20:Charles Richardson
173:Elizabeth Nasmyth
63:Torrington Square
54:, the dramatist.
300:
265:
247:
246:
227:
219:
207:
201:
75:John Horne Tooke
308:
307:
303:
302:
301:
299:
298:
297:
268:
267:
253:
244:
214:
211:
210:
202:
198:
193:
169:
107:and a reply to
91:
34:He was born at
32:
17:
12:
11:
5:
306:
304:
296:
295:
290:
285:
280:
270:
269:
241:
240:
236:
235:
228:
209:
208:
195:
194:
192:
189:
168:
165:
109:Dugald Stewart
99:Samuel Johnson
90:
87:
40:Clapham Common
31:
28:
26:and linguist.
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
305:
294:
291:
289:
286:
284:
281:
279:
276:
275:
273:
266:
263:
262:
257:
251:
250:public domain
238:
237:
233:
229:
225:
224:
218:
213:
212:
206:
200:
197:
190:
188:
186:
182:
178:
174:
166:
164:
162:
158:
153:
151:
150:
145:
144:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
122:
116:
114:
110:
106:
105:
100:
96:
88:
86:
84:
80:
76:
72:
69:. He died at
68:
64:
60:
55:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
29:
27:
25:
24:lexicographer
21:
259:
242:
231:
221:
199:
181:Anne Nasmyth
177:Daniel Terry
170:
160:
156:
154:
147:
141:
137:
134:Noah Webster
125:
119:
117:
112:
102:
94:
92:
56:
33:
19:
18:
283:1865 deaths
278:1775 births
239:Attribution
175:, widow of
272:Categories
191:References
67:civil list
36:Tulse Hill
130:etymology
146:and the
252::
136:in his
71:Feltham
59:Norwood
185:Putney
167:Family
50:, and
89:Works
81:, by
30:Life
258:".
101:'s
77:at
274::
220:.
254:"
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.