Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Clergyman and writer, born in London, UK. He studied law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1835), one year after receiving orders. He then became a London schoolmaster. His most enduring work is his Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1870).

Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810-1897), was the compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, a Victorian reference work.

E Cobham Brewer was the son of a Norwich schoolmaster. While there he compiled his first major work, A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, first published in 1838.

On returning to England in 1856, he started on the work that was to become Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. The dictionary was derived in part from correspondence with readers of his books. The first edition was published in 1870 and Brewer worked on a revised edition that appeared in 1894.

Another Dictionary by Brewer is: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol.