Thursday, October 9, 2008

E Cobham Brewer

E Cobham Brewer

The Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (10 May 1810, Norwich 6 March 1897, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire), was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, and The Reader's Handbook, Victorian reference works. E. Cobham Brewer was the son of Elisabeth ne Kitton and John Sherren Brewer, a Norwich schoolmaster associated with the Baptist congregation of St Mary's Chapel in Norwich.



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