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The first Philological Society, based in London's Fitzroy Square, was founded in 1792 under the patronage of Thomas Collingwood of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. [5] Its publication was titled The European Magazine, and London Review. [6]
Formed in response to the new comparative philology practised by a handful of scholars on the Continent in the 1820s, the original Philological Society held the first in a series of informal meetings at London University in the early 1830s.
It was established in its present form in 1842, consisting partly of members of a society of the same name established at the University of London in 1830 'to investigate and promote the study and knowledge of the structure, the affinities, and the history of languages'.
It was established in its present form in 1842, consisting partly of members of a society of the same name established at the University of London in 1830 'to investigate and promote the study and knowledge of the structure, the affinities, and the history of languages'.
Overview. Philological Society. Quick Reference. Was founded in its present form in 1842 to investigate and to promote the study and knowledge of the structure, the affinities, and the history of language.
Nov 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of the reading of one of the most important papers ever to be read to PhilSoc: Richard Chenevix Trench’s ‘On some deficiencies in our English dictionaries’, widely regarded as having created the impetus which ultimately led to the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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The Society pursues its charitable aims in a number of ways: It organises seven meetings annually; Its journal, the Transactions of the Philological Society, is published for the Society by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Its book series, the Publications of the Philological Society, is also published for the society by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
