Editing Herbert Coleridge (section)

==Biography==
He was the son of [[Sara Coleridge|Sara]] and [[Henry Nelson Coleridge]]. He earned a [[British undergraduate degree classification#First-class honours|double first]] in [[Classics]] and [[Mathematics]] at [[Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. After graduation, he became a [[barrister]], but, living off a small [[Life annuity|annuity]], devoted most of his time and energy to linguistic studies. At age 27, as a member of the [[Philological Society]], he formed a committee with [[Richard Chenevix Trench]] and [[Frederick James Furnivall|Frederick Furnivall]] to identify and research words unlisted and undefined in English dictionaries of the period. The efforts of this committee eventually led to the development of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. A dedicated editor, he died of [[tuberculosis]] at age 30 after completing some fundamental work for the project.

He died on 23 April 1861 at Chester Place, [[Regents Park]] and is buried, with his parents and grandparents, in the crypt of [[St Michael's Church, Highgate|St Michael's, Highgate]].<ref>The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol III - Cansick 1875. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.3465163_001&seq=75&q1=coleridge</ref> The coffins were moved in 1961 from the [[Highgate School]] Chapel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/12/samuel-taylor-coleridge-poet-remains-rediscovered-wine-cellar|title=Samuel Taylor Coleridge's remains rediscovered in wine cellar|last=Kennedy|first=Maev|date=12 April 2018|journal=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref>