Portraits of figures from the history of English

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Figures from the history of English

Geoffrey Chaucer
William Caxton
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Johnson
Noah Webster
Sir William Jones
Rasmus Rask
Jakob Grimm
Henry Sweet
Paul Passy
George Bernard Shaw
Karl Luick
Otto Jespersen
Daniel Jones

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Caxton

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Jonathan Swift

Samuel Johnson

Noah Webster

Sir William Jones

Rasmus Rask

Jakob Grimm

Henry Sweet

Paul Passy

George Bernard Shaw

Karl Luick

Otto Jespersen

Daniel Jones