Robert Burchfield
Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
Robert Burchfield was a New Zealand-born British lexicographer and academic. He served as the Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1957 until his retirement in 1988. Burchfield was a leading expert in the field of linguistics and was known for his meticulous approach to dictionary compilation. He was also a prolific writer and published several books on language and history. Burchfield was a Fellow of t...
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