Henry Sweet

British linguist (1845–1912).

Born September 15th, 1845 in London.

Died April 30th, 1912 at 66 years old in Oxford (pernicious anemia).

Occupations
linguist, philologist, phonetician, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner