Robert Burchfield

(1923–2004) Lexicographer New Zealand

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Robert Burchfield was a lexicographer from New Zealand.

Quick Facts About Robert Burchfield

Born: January 27, 1923
Died: July 5, 2004
Nationality: New Zealand
Profession: Lexicographer
Notable works: Cambridge History of the English Language : Volume 5, English in Britain and Overseas

About Robert Burchfield

Robert William Burchfield CNZM, CBE was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was chief editor from 1971.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Rhodes Scholarship Commander of the Order of the British Empire honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington

Quotes by Robert Burchfield

I believe it is imperative to see modern English grammar as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our [England's] shores…

Robert Burchfield

Believe

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I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed…

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American english

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Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish…

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Antidote