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    The following people all published dictionaries in the 1800's i need the names of the dictionaries J.R.Beard (the peoples dictionary of..... robert Eden's Churchmans......dictionary E.S.H.Cambell's dictionary of..... J.S.Henslows Dictionary of.... can any one help?

    Question #17913. Asked by stumped.

    FunBobby

    J R Beard did 'A peoples dictionary of the Bible'

    Apr 04 02, 4:09 PM
    FunBobby

    Robert Eden 'The Churchman's Theological Dictionary'
    www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T2688

    Apr 04 02, 4:16 PM
    FunBobby

    J S Henslow 'Dictionary of Botanical Terms'
    www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823404.html

    Apr 04 02, 4:24 PM
    Tabby Tom

    The closest approximation I can find to the Campbell book is 'A Dictionary of Military Science' by E. S. N. Campbell, published in 1830. It's quoted several times in the Oxford English Dictionary.

    Apr 08 02, 12:14 PM

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