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Rabanus Maurus
archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856)

Sibawayh
Sibawayh ( (also pronounced in many modern dialects) ; ' ; ), whose full name is Abu Bishr Amr ibn Uthman ibn Qanbar al-Basri (, '), was a Persian leading grammarian of Basra and author of the Third book on Arabic grammar. His famous unnamed work, referred to as Al-Kitāb, or "The Book", is a five-volume seminal discussion of the Arabic language.
Ælfric of Eynsham
English abbot and prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies and biblical commentaries (c.955-c.1010)
Ibn Malik
Arab grammarian
Tatwine
Tatwine ( – 30 July 734) was the tenth Archbishop of Canterbury from 731 to 734. Prior to becoming archbishop, he was a monk and abbot of a Benedictine monastery. Besides his ecclesiastical career, Tatwine was a writer, and riddles he composed survive. Another work he composed was on the grammar of the Latin language, which was aimed at advanced students of that language. He was subsequently considered a saint.

Yan Shigu
Chinese linguist
Radulphus Brito
grammarian
Raimon de Cornet
Occitan troubadour
Eberhard of Béthune
13th-century Flemish author
Salomon ibn Parhon
Spanish philologist