Thomas Northcote Toller (1844–1930) was the first professor of English language at Manchester and one of the editors of An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary^[1] which had been begun by Joseph Bosworth. He was appointed to the chair in 1880 and retired in 1903.^[2] The annual Toller Lecture, which commemorates his achievements, is held in Manchester.

Biography

Toller was born in Kettering, to Caroline (née Wallis) and Joseph Toller.^[1]

In 1880 he was appointed as Chair of English Language at the University of Manchester, and he retired in 1903.^[1]

References

External links

• An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, scanned page images and OCRed text. From the Germanic Lexicon Project.
• An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, scanned page images. Digitized under the direction of Sean Crist.
• A Downloadable version of "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary"
• Thomas Northcote Toller at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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