Georgina Frederica Jackson

Georgina Frederica Jackson (31 March 1824–16 October 1895) was an English writer and schoolteacher who compiled a glossary of Shropshire dialect.

[1][2] In 1870, whilst running the school, she compiled a list of Shropshire dialect words she remembered from her childhood.

She took advice from Walter William Skeat and Alexander John Ellis, two of the leading philologists in the UK.

[1] In 1877, Jackson had to cancel her planned tour of south-east Shropshire due to illness.

[1] The Royal Literary Fund awarded Jackson a grant of £100 in 1878 to prepare her work for publication.