Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (27 March 1870–26 January 1945) was a notable English lexicographer and philologist. Early life Wyld was born in 1870 and attended Charterhouse School from 1883 to 1885; he was then privately educated in Lausanne from 1885 to 1888. He studied at the University of Bonn, the University of Heidelberg and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Academic career From 1904 to 1920, Wyld was Baines Professor of English Language and Philology at the University of Liverpool. He was Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1920 until his death in 1945. Publications Wyld was the author of many papers and books during his career. His Universal Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1932. Honours Wyld was awarded the British Academy Biennial Prize for contributions to the study of the English Language and Literature in 1932. Quotations No gentleman goes on a bus Selected bibliography 1908: The Teaching of Reading in Training Colleges 1914: A Short History of English 1920: A History of Modern Colloquial English 1923: Studies in Rhymes 1923: Some Aspects of the Diction of English Poetry References Further reading External links 1870 births 1945 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford English lexicographers Merton Professors of English Language and Literature Fellows of Merton College, Oxford English philologists