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In search of T.W. Earp and the origin of ‘twerp’
In a guest post, Oxford English Dictionary historian and lexicographer Peter Gilliver sheds new light on one of the most curious characters to cross the young J.R.R. Tolkien’s path The classical scholar E.R. Dodds, who matriculated at Oxford a year … Continue reading
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Tagged E.R. Dodds, Exeter College, Oxford, T.W. Earp, Tolkien's friends
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