Dodgson, Edward Spencer (1857–1922), linguist

Gender

M

Signatures Used

• Antiquarius
• Wykehamicus
• E. S. D.
• Heuscarologus Anglicanus
• Palamedes

Notes

“Wykehamicus”, as Dodgson was educated at Winchester. “Heuscarologus Anglicanus” stands for “English Basque-lover” (“Basque” = “Euskara”). “E. S. Dodgson” and “Edward S. Dodgson” from NQ 6.4.7 to 12.9.92

Biographical sources

Geoffrey West, “Edward Spencer Dodgson: The Basque Language, and the British Museum Library,” eBLJ (2021). Traveled, spent periods in asylums, studied languages (Basque, but also Celtic languages); a reader of the OED. In 1918 described by a judge as a “nasty old man” and sentenced to three months’ hard labor for the indecent assault of a younger man (Gilliver)

Articles

• Weathercocks, writing as Antiquarius — NQ 6.12.515
• William of Wykeham : Winchester Cathedral &c, writing as Wykehamicus — NQ 6.1.515
• Bishop Ken, writing as E. S. D. — NQ 6.2.48
• Nigaristan, writing as Heuscarologus Anglicanus — NQ 8.1.229
• Christ Cross Row Alphabet, writing as Heuscarologus Anglicanus — NQ 8.3.428-429
• Queen Elizabeth's Ghost, writing as Heuscarologus Anglicanus — NQ 8.4.128
• Asses Braying for Tinkers' Deaths, writing as Palamedes — NQ 9.1.46
• The Division of our New Testament, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.88
• Ancestors, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.133–134
• Unpublished Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.166
• Diamond Jubilee Commemoration Service, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.170
• Oldest Trees in the World, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.171
• Invention of the Guillotine, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.176
• Luther an Irish Surname, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.211
• Enid, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.238
• 'De Imitatione Christi', writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.257
• The Lord's Prayer against Druidism, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.347
• The Etymology of Irish "Tonn", writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.429
• Philip, Duke of Wharton, and his Tomb at Poblet, writing as Palamedes — NQ 8.12.488