Henry Watson Fowler
![Rugby School, where Fowler studied from 1871 to 1877](/Images/godic/202501/19/Rugby_School_8500332.jpg")
![Sedbergh School, where Fowler taught for two decades](/Images/godic/202501/19/The_school-1-0333.jpg")
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Henry Watson Fowler (/ˈfaʊlə/; 10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius".