Edwin Norris

Edwin Norris (24 October 1795 – 10 December 1872)[1][2] was a British philologist, linguist and intrepid orientalist who wrote or compiled numerous works on the languages of Asia and Africa. His best-known works are his uncompleted Assyrian Dictionary and his translation and annotation of the three plays of the Cornish Ordinalia.

  1. ^ [No contributor noted] (1896). "Norris, Edwin". In Dictionary of National Biography. 41. London. pp. 119-120.
  2. ^ The Numismatic Chronicle. Royal Numismatic Society. 1873. p. 19.

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