Simpson, J. A., 1953-

LC control no.	n 82086958
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Simpson, J. A., 1953- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Simpson, John, 1953 October 13- Simpson, John A., 1953-
Birth date	1953-10-13
Special note	Do not confuse with Simpson, John, 1957- [nb2011012471] of the Chambers dictionaries
Found in	The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs, 1982 (a.e.) CIP t.p. (J.A. Simpson) info. from publ. (senior editor, Oxford English Dictionary Dept., Oxford Univ. Press) The Concise Oxford dict. ... 1985, c1982: CIP t.p. (John Simpson) Oxford English dictionary. Additions, 1993- : v. 1, CIP t.p. (John A. Simpson) Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Apr. 19, 2007 (John Andrew Simpson; b. Oct. 13, 1953, Cheltenham, England; University of Reading, M.A., 1976; chief editor, Oxford English Dictionary, 1993-; fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford, 1991-; faculty member, English University of Oxford, 1993-) Wikipedia, 12 May 2011: under John Simpson, lexicographer (John Andrew Simpson, born 13 Oct. 1953, is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED); BA in English literature from the Univ. of York and MA in medieval studies from the Univ. of Reading; came to lexicography through studying English literature and philology, especially that of the medieval period; joined the editorial team of the OED in 1976) E-mail from OED, 12 May 2011 (the OED's John Simpson is not the same John Simpson that is associated with various dictionaries published by Chambers, nor with "The Wordsworth concise English dictionary")