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Walter Charleton

Walter Charleton (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher.
The 736th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 658 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations658Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word131Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning305Find quotations
NameTotal QuotationsPercentage of quotations
1.Onomasticon Zoicon21132.0%Find quotations in OED
2.Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana12118.0%Find quotations in OED
3.Ternary of Paradoxes12018.0%Find quotations in OED
4.Mysterie of Vintners477.0%Find quotations in OED
5.Chorea Gigantum376.0%Find quotations in OED
6.Darknes Atheism203.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Enq. Human Nature193.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Nat. Hist. Nutrition173.0%Find quotations in OED
9.Ephesian Matron132.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Three Anat. Lect.102.0%Find quotations in OED

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