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GEORGE, an English philologist, born in East Dereham, Norfolk, February, 1803. His linguistic talents are shown in "Targum; or, Metrical Translations from Thirty Languages" (St. Petersburg, 1835), and "Romano Lavo-Lil, or Word Book of the Romany" (1874). The other chief of his works are "The Zincali, or Gypsies of Spain" (London, 1841); "The Bible in Spain" (1843); "Lavengro" (1851); "The Romany Rye," its sequel (1857); "Wild Wales" (1862); and "Dictionary of the Gypsy Language' (1874). He died in Oulton, Suffolk, July 30, 1881.