Joseph Wright (linguist)

Joseph Wright
Joseph Wright
Born	31 October 1855 Idle, West Yorkshire, England
Died	27 February 1930(1930-02-27) (aged 74) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse	Elizabeth Mary Lea ​ (m. 1896)​
Academic background
Alma mater	Heidelberg University
Influences	Max Müller, Hermann Osthoff
Academic work
Institutions	University of Oxford
Main interests	Germanic languages English dialects
Notable works	The English Dialect Dictionary
Influenced	J. R. R. Tolkien

Joseph Wright FBA (31 October 1855 – 27 February 1930)^[1] was an English Germanic philologist who rose from humble origins to become Professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford.