Alan Michael Hughes

Background

Hughes, Alan Michael was born on May 20, 1946 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Son of Fred and Joan (Dronfield) Hughes.

Education

Bachelor, Queens College, Oxford, 1967; Master of Arts, Queens College, Oxford, 1968.

Career

Physicist, Aluminium laboratories, Ltd., Banbury, Oxon., 1967-1968; editorial assistant, Supplement to Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford, 1968-1974; senior editor, Supplement to Oxford English Dictionary, 1974-1985; senior editor, New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1985-1989; associate editor, New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1989-1991; general editor, New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1991-1993; chief science editor, Oxford English Dictionary, since 1993.

Achievements

• Alan Michael Hughes has been listed as a noteworthy Lexicographer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: local and topographical history, English countryside.

Connections

Married Freda Joyce Thornton, July 20, 1990.

Father:

Fred Hughes

Mother:

Joan (Dronfield) Hughes

Spouse:

Freda Joyce Thornton