
English language scholar, lexicographer, linguist, pioneer in the field of "teaching English as a foreign language" (1898-1978)
Albert Sydney Hornby (* 10. August 1898 in Chester; † 13. September 1978 in Oxford) was an english language scholar, lexicographer, linguist, pioneer in the field of "teaching English as a foreign language. He was 80 years old. He studied at University College London. He worked at Tokyo School of Foreign Languages and Tokyo Higher Normal School.