Background
He was a grandson of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was the son of Sara and Henry Nelson Coleridge.
He was a grandson of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was the son of Sara and Henry Nelson Coleridge.
Eton College; Balliol College.
He earned a double first in Classics and mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation, he became a barrister, but, living off a small annuity, devoted most of his time and energy to linguistics studies. The efforts of this committee eventually led to the development of the Oxford English Dictionary.
A dedicated editor, he died of tuberculosis at age 30 after completing some fundamental work for the project
At age 27, as a member of the Philological Society, he formed a committee with Richard Chenevix Trench and Frederick Furnivall to identify and research words unlisted and undefined in English dictionaries of the period.