Cawdrey
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The first known dictionary, written in 1604 by Robert Cawdrey, had entries for biliment and perfidious, but not for cat or door.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2018
Cawdrey thought we needed just the hard words.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2018
In 1604, a clergyman named Robert Cawdrey attempted a stopgap solution: a slender book entitled A Table Alphabeticall.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2018
The first English alphabetical dictionary was written by English schoolteacher Robert Cawdrey in 1604, when Shakespeare was still writing plays.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2012
The English dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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