Correction of "Physicist" in OED

[Fred Shapiro]

The 1838 first use for _physicist_ in the 2006 revision of the OED is
dated erroneously.  It should be dated 1853, so that the 1840 usage by
William Whewell is still the earliest known usage.

Fred Shapiro


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