Thomas Northcote Toller

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 annually.

References

1. "Textual and Material Culture in Anglo-Saxon England: Thomas Northcote Toller and the Toller Memorial Lectures". Retrieved 14 September 2010.
2. Charlton, H. B. (1951) Portrait of a University, 1851--1951. Manchester: Manchester University Press; p. 172