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Burchfield, Robert William was born on January 27, 1923 in Wanganui, New Zealand. Arrived in England, 1949. Son of Frederick and Mary Lauder (Blair) Burchfield.
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One of a four-volume supplement containing a combined total of 69,300 words. Compiled on the same principles as the OED itself, it deals with new senses of old words which have found a place in the English language of the 20th century.
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Burchfield, Robert William was born on January 27, 1923 in Wanganui, New Zealand. Arrived in England, 1949. Son of Frederick and Mary Lauder (Blair) Burchfield.
Student, Wanganui Technology College, New Zealand, 1939. Student, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand, 1948. Master of Arts, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand, 1948.
Student, Oxford University, England, 1953. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1951. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1955.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Liverpool, 1978. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wellington, New Zealand, 1983.
Lecturer in English Language and author. Lecturer in English Language, Magdalen College, Oxford 1952-1953. Lecturer in English Language, Christ Church, Oxford 1953-1957.
Lecturer, St. Peter’s College, Oxford 1955-1963, Tutorial Fellow 1963-1979, Senior Research Fellow 1979-1990, Emeritus Fellow since 1990. President English Association 1978-1979. Honorary Secretary Early English Text Society 1955-1968.
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Author: The Spoken Word, 1981, The English Language, 1985, Unlocking the English Language, 1989. Editor: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 1972-1986, The New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary, 1986, Studies in Lexicography, 1987. Contributor articles to literature magazines.
Served in New Zealand Army, 1941-1946. Fellow Institute Linguists. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, English Association (president 1978-1979), Early English Text Society (honorary secretary 1955-1968, member council 1968-1980).
Travelling, English grammar, country life.
Married Ethel May Yates, July 2, 1949 (divorced 1976). Children: Jennifer Catherine, Jonathan Robert, Elizabeth Jane. Married Elizabeth Austen Knight, November 5, 1976.