James Eyre (1748–1813), was an English philologist. Eyre was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and Caius College, Cambridge. He became head-master of Solihull Grammar School for thirty years until his death, and rector of Winterbourne Stoke (1801–13) and Nettleton (1802-13) in Wiltshire. He annotated Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary (in manuscript), and his notes were incorporated by Henry John Todd in his edition of Johnson's Dictionary. He died in 1813. References 1748 births 1813 deaths English Christian religious leaders English philologists English lexicographers 18th-century philologists 19th-century philologists Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 18th-century English educators 19th-century English educators