Frank Horace Vizetelly

Francis Horace Vizetelly (2 April 1864 – 20 December 1938) was an English-American lexicographer, etymologist, and editor.

His continued to act as an editor for the firm's dictionaries and encyclopedia, and had a column in their Literary Digest known as "The Lexicographer's Easy Chair."

[1] Vizetelly was the author of more than 200 works,[2] which touched upon the broad range of subjects, from the humanities to sciences, revealing his intellectual prowess.

However, his abiding interest was in literary and lexical fields, and he was frequently engaged in determining the origins and emergence of words in the English language.

[1] Vizetelly left a legacy of preserving and refining both written and spoken English and did not hesitate to invoke the authority of William Shakespeare to warn against the misuse of English language, "Slovenly speech is as clearly an indication of slovenly thought as profanity is of a degraded mind.