| LC control no. | n 82024890 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burchfield, R. W. |
| Variant(s) | Burchfield, Robert W., 1923-2004 Burchfield, Robert, 1923-2004 Burchfield, Robert William, 1923-2004 Burchfield, R. W. (Robert William), 1923-2004 |
| Associated country | New Zealand England |
| Associated place | Oxford (England) |
| Birth date | 1923-01-27 |
| Death date | 2004-07-05 |
| Place of birth | Wanganui (N.Z.) |
| Field of activity | Lexicography |
| Affiliation | Oxford University Victoria University College (Wellington, N.Z.) Wanganui Technical College |
| Profession or occupation | Lexicographers Editors College teachers University and college faculty members |
| Found in | His New Zealand, 1953. His The quality of spoken English on BBC radio, 1979: t.p. (Robert W. Burchfield) His The English language, 1985, c1984: CIP t.p. (Robert Burchfield) The new Fowler's modern English usage, 2000: t.p. (R.W. Burchfield) jkt. (b. 1923 in Wanganui, N.Z., awarded Rhodes scholarship in 1949 and since affiliated with Oxford University) Wikipedia site, via WWW, Mar. 16, 2011: Robert Burchfield (Robert William Burchfield CNZM CBE (27 January 1923-5 July 2004)) Wikipedia (website), viewed May 16, 2022: Robert Burchfield (Robert William Burchfield CNZM, CBE (27 January 1923 - 5 July 2004) was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was chief editor from 1971. Born in Whanganui, New Zealand, he studied at Wanganui Technical College and Victoria University in Wellington. After war service in the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, he graduated MA from Wellington in 1948 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford University, in England, where he was tutored by C. S. Lewis. He became a Fellow of Magdalen and lecturer in English straight after graduating (1952-53), subsequently moving colleges to Christ Church (1953-57) and St Peter's (1955-79). Through C. T. Onions, the Magdalen librarian, Burchfield assisted in editing one of Onions's projects, the Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. His preparation of an edition of the Ormulum was supervised by J. R. R. Tolkien. In retirement, he produced a controversial new edition, substantially rewritten and less prescriptivist, of Fowler's Modern English Usage, the long-established style guide by Henry Watson Fowler.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burchfield> |
| Associated language | eng |
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