Words

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
James Frederick Ferrier

James Frederick Ferrier

James Frederick Ferrier (born 216 years ago / died 160 years ago) was a Scottish word-user, writer, lawyer, and university professor. His wife Margaret Anne Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North. At a time when the word-user population of 1 billion...

James Frederick Ferrier

JAMES FREDERICK FERRIER James Frederick Ferrier (born 216 years ago / died 160 years ago) was a Scottish word-user, writer, lawyer, and university professor. His wife Margaret Anne Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North. At a time when the word-user...
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (born 281 years ago / died 230 years ago) discovered oxygen (246 years ago) and hydrogen (241 years ago), making it the beginning of modern chemistry. He was an aristocrat and member of the Ferme générale — an operation that collected tax...

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

ANTOINE-LAURENT DE LAVOISIER Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (born 281 years ago / died 230 years ago) discovered oxygen (246 years ago) and hydrogen (241 years ago), making it the beginning of modern chemistry. He was an aristocrat and member of the Ferme générale — an...