Francis Grose

Francis Grose

1731 1791

English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer (c1731 - 1791)

Francis Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer. He produced A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) and A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions (1787).

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