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The history of the Oxford English Dictionary (continued)



The First Edition: staff and contributors



4. Proof readers


The following lists give the names of those who, outside of the regular staffs, rendered
valuable help by regularly reading the proofs and making suggestions and additions.
Those in the first list continued this important service for many years, in some cases
from the beginning, and in all cases down to the year of their death or to the
completion of the work.

Dr Fitzedward Hall (? 1901), H. Hucks Gibbs (Lord Aldenham) (? 1907), Revd J. B.
Johnston, BD, Revd J. T. Fowler, DCL (? 1924), Miss Edith Thompson (? 1929) and Miss E.
Perronet Thompson, R. J. Whitwell, B.Litt. (? 1928), Dr W. Sykes (? 1906), F. J. Amours
(? 1906), A. Caland (? 1910)

Prof. F. E. Bumby, G. R. Carline, Dr G. F. S. Friedrichsen, H. Chichester Hart, W. W.
Jenkinson, Dr G. Ch. van Langenhove, Revd J. A. Milne, Russell Martineau, MA, Revd C. B.
Mount, L. Pearsall Smith, MA, H. F. Rutter, Prof. W. W. Skeat, W. H. Stevenson, MA, Revd
W. B. R. Wilson, MA


5. Other helpers


It would require several pages to give even a partial list of those who contributed
separate items of information, either of their own accord or in reply to queries
addressed to them. Special mention, however, should be made of a few authorities who,
especially in the earlier years of the work, freely gave the editors the benefit of
their special knowledge in their respective fields, e.g. Prof. Paul Meyer in Romanic
Philology, Prof. E. Sievers in Germanic, Profs. W. W. Skeat and A. Napier in English,
Prof. Sir John Rh]s in Celtic, Sir Frederick Pollock in Law, and Prof. F. W. Maitland in
History. For many years Mr James Platt supplied most of the material for the etymology
of words from remote languages, with the dictionaries of which he had an unrivalled
acquaintance.

Valuable service was also rendered by a succession of voluntary workers who verified
doubtful quotations or references, and searched for special information, at the British
Museum; prominent among these were Mr E. L. Brandreth, down to his death in 1907, his
immediate successor in the field, Mr W. W. Jenkinson, and Mr R. J. Whitwell, who also
did verification and research in the Public Record Office and for many years contributed
much material of special value.

While similar verification and research in the Bodleian Library was done by several of
the regular members of the Dictionary staffs, their work was greatly aided by the
generous co-operation of the Librarian and staff of that institution, on which the
constant demand for the requisite books has imposed a heavy burden for many years. The
share of ?Bodley? in furthering the progress, and increasing the value, of the
Dictionary is one that deserves to be gratefully remembered, and adds one more reason to
those which have been given the name of ?Oxford? to a work that can no longer be
described as ?New?.


1933 Supplement: staff and contributors



Editorial staff


Dr C. T. Onions, Sir William Craigie

H. J. Bayliss, J. W. Birt, Miss E. S. Bradley, Miss E. V. V. Clark, Mrs Heseltine, Miss
E. A. Lee, W. J. Lewis, A. T. Maling, Miss D. E. Marshall, M. M. Matthews, Miss R. A. N.
R. Murray, J. L. N. O'Loughlin, Mrs L. F. Powell, Mrs A. S. C. Ross, F. J. Sweatman, G.
Watson, W. Worrall, J. M. Wyllie


Contributors, proof-readers, and researchers


C. W. Adams, Dr F. A. Bather, H. Bayles, Dr Max Born (Berlin), E. S. Brown, Dr R. W.
Chapman, Mrs E. A. Coulson, Miss M. B. Cruickshank, Revd Dr W. Cruickshank, Revd F. G.
Ellerton , C. A. Exley (Chicago), K. Foster, A. J. Fowler, D. Freeman, L. N. Feipel
(Brooklyn), E. V. Gatenby (Fukushima, Japan), Edvard Giese (Copenhagen), H. W. Horwill,
E. W. Hulme, Mrs A. J. Jenkinson, Revd J. B. Johnston, Dr E. H. Lendon, A. Lewis, G. G.
Loane, Professor W. S. Mackie (Capetown), F. Madan, A. Matthews, H. J. R. Murray, Revd.
T. G. Phillips (Isle of Man), H. F. Rutter, Professor H. L. Savage (Princeton), Dr A. B.
A. Scott, W. B. Shaw, K. Sisam, Dr L. J. Spencer, E. V. Stocks (Durham), L. R. M.
Strachan, Dr E. H. Sugden, Dr A. E. H. Swaen (Amsterdam), M. Venkanah (Vizianagram,
India), J. M. Watt, Miss E. G. Withycombe


Consultants


Sir Richard Burn, L. G. Carr Laughton, Dr J. Chadwick, R. P. Dewhurst, G. R. Driver, Sir
Arthur Eddington, Professor A. Findlay, Professor N. Forbes, Dr J. K. Fotheringham, Dr
A. E. M. Geddes, R. F. Harrod, N. B. Jopson, Dr J. G. Milne, Lord Passfield, Lord
Riddell, M. Shaw, Dr N. V. Sidgwick, Professor F. Soddy, Col. H. R. H. Southam, M. H.
Spielmann, D. Subotia, Sir Ernest Swinton, Professor F. W. Thomas, Dr J. F. Tocher, Dr
N. T. Walker, The Librarian of the India Office, The Superintendent of the Kew
Observatory, The Directors and staffs of the Natural History Museum and the Royal
Botanic Gardens, The Printer to the University of Oxford, The Secretary of the
Zoological Society, The Editors of The Evening News, The Field, The Sketch, and The
Stock Exchange Gazette


A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary: staff and contributors



Editorial


Dr R. W. Burchfield, R. E. Allen, Wendy H. Archer, A. J. Augarde, J. P. Barnes, R. C.
Beatty, D. B. W. Birk, Edith Bonner, Lesley S. Burnett, A. B. Buxton, Jill Cotter, E. C.
Dann , Alana G. Dickinson, D. J. Edmonds, L. B. Firnberg, M. W. Grose, P. R. Hardie, G.
D. Hargreaves, Joyce M. Hawkins, F. D. Hayes, A. Hodgson, Deborah D. Honoré, D. R.
Howlett, A. M. Hughes, Betty Jennison, Elizabeth M. Knowles, M. A. Mabe, Deirdre
McKenna, Rosamund E. Moon, G. Murray, R. C. Palmer, J. Paterson, Joan E. Pusey, Sandra
Raphael, Rosemary J. Sansome, J. A. Simpson, Valerie Smith, Julia C. Swannell, J. B.
Sykes, Della J. Thompson, W. R. Trumble, Anne Wallace-Hadrill, Yvonne L. Warburton, W.
H. C. Waterfield, N. S. Wedd, E. S. C. Weiner, Frances M. Williams, Jelly K. Williams


Research staff


P. J. Broadhead, Elizabeth Brommer, Jean H. Buchanan, Amanda J. Burrell, Katherine H.
Emms, Joyce L. Harley, Peggy E. Kay, F. Kemp, Claire J. Nicholls, Adriana P. Orr,
Gillian A. Rathbone, Veronica M. Salusbury, J. S. Wood


Other assistants


N. van Blerk, Gillian Bradshaw, P. E. Davenport, Jennifer Dawson, R. J. Dixon, Juliet
Field, R. C. Goffin , Sally Hilton, E. A. Horsman, L. M. Matheson, Elizabeth Price,
Marjorie Purdon, Phyllis Trapp


Clerical and secretarial staff


D. Ann Baker, Pamela Bendall, Joan Blackler, Beta Cotmore, Kathleen Johnston, Katherine
A. Shock, Afra E. Singer, Karin C. E. Vines, Caroline Webb, Anne Whear


Outside researchers and assistants


Grace M. Briggs, G. Chowdharay-Best, Daphne Gilbert-Carter, R. Hall, Sally Hinkle, Rita
G. Keckeissen, Betsy Livingstone, Marguerite Y. Offord, N. C. Sainsbury


Other contributors



Readers and contributors from collections


Mrs J. M. Addenbrooke, N. S. Angus, R. A. Auty, Professor W. S. Avis, Dr E. de B.
Barnett, C. L. Barnhart, D. J. Barr, Dr E. H. Bateman, G. Bennett, R. Bowen, Mrs R. C.
L. Boxall, Professor W. R. G. Branford, Dr D. S. Brewer, P. J. N. Bury, Professor F. G.
Cassidy, The Revd R. M. Carling, G. Charters, R. L. Cherry, G. Chowdharay-Best, C.
Collier, G. A. Coulson, P. T. J. Dadley, Mrs N. Day, G. W. Dennis, A. H. Douglas ,
Professor Sir Geoffrey Driver, Mrs E. Duncan-Jones, Professor M. Eccles, E. H. Fathers,
P. Ferriday, Mrs A. S. R. Gell, Mrs M. Gordon, W. Granville, D. Gray , Miss M. Gregory,
G. Griffith, R. Hall, Mrs J. Harker, Mrs G. Hatton, Miss J. M. Hawkins, R. E. Hawkins,
F. D. Hayes, Professor A. L. Hench, F. M. Henry, T. F. Hoad, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Dr
M. D. W. Jeffreys, E. Jones, H. L. Jones, V. W. Jones, W. Kings, Miss M. Laski, Dr D.
Leechman, Mrs J. Lindley, J. P. Lloyd, Dr J. Lyman, Mrs D. McColl, R. H. T. Mackenzie,
W. S. Mackie, Professor J. B. McMillan, Mrs J. M. Marson, E. H. Mart, J. C. Maxwell,
Miss A. Megroz, Dr F. Mish (G. & C. Merriam Co.), Mrs J. Morgan, J. L. Nayler, Mrs P.
Norton, Mrs M. Y. Offord, G. B. Onions, Mrs E. Owen, M. B. Parkes, Miss E. Penwarden, W.
S. Pierpoint, Sir Edward Playfair, W. S. Ramson, Mrs C. Record, Miss A. Redmayne, Miss
F. E. Richardson, The Revd H. E. G. Rope, Miss L. L. Ross, Mrs S. Ross, Professor N. G.
Sabbagha, Miss R. C. Salzberger, D. Scott, F. R. Shapiro, J. C. Sharp, Professor G.
Shepherd, David Shulman, Mrs V. Sillery, Mrs B. M. D. Smith, Mrs M. W. Smith, Mrs V.
Smith, Mrs G. M. Spriggs, C. N. Stewart, C. P. Swart, Miss E. Symons, D. H. Thomson, Dr
T. R. Thomson, The Revd A. F. Thorpe, F. J. Tidd Pratt, Sir St Vincent Troubridge, N.
van Blerk, J. Walker, Mrs C. Walton, Dr M. West, H. W. B. Wilson, Miss E. G. Withycombe,
Dr L. S. Wittenberg, E. W. Whittle, A. M. Wood, J. D. A. Widdowson, Professor G. A.
Wilkes, Dr H. B. Woolf (G. & C. Merriam Co.)


Outside consultants


Dr G. E. H. Abraham, Dr G. C. Ainsworth, Professor A. J. Aitken, A. D. Alderson, Dr R.
E. Allen, Dr P. W. Atkins, A. J. Augarde, Professor W. S. Avis, Professor J. R. Baines,
Dr R. P. Beckinsale, Professor G. E. Blackman, Professor A. J. Bliss, Dr E. J. Bowen, Dr
S. Bradbury, Dr J. Branford, Dr W. H. Brock, Professor T. Burrow, Dr R. S. Cahn, Sir
Alexander Cairncross, Dr B. G. Campbell, H. Carter, J. Carter, Professor F. G. Cassidy,
Miss Chan Yin-Ling, Dr P. A. Charles, M. J. E. Coode, Miss P. Cooray, Dr J. Cortés, Mrs
J. Coulson, Dr S. T. Cowan, Professor G. N. C. Crawford, Professor C. D. Darlington,
Professor N. Davis, Professor S. Deas, Professor E. J. Dobson, Miss J. Dobson, N. S.
Doniach, Mrs U. Dronke, Professor A. R. Duckert, Dr R. D. Eagleson, P. G. Embrey, D. F.
Foxon, Dr B. J. Freedman, R. B. Freeman, G. W. S. Friedrichsen, P. Fryer, M. P.
Furmston, W. K. V. Gale, P. G. W. Glare, Dr I. Goddard, Professor G. H. Gonnet, W.
Granville, P. S. Green, B. Greenhill, J. S. Gunn, Professor O. R. Gurney, Professor M.
Guthrie, R. G. Haggar, R. Hall, Professor C. Hart, Dr R. M. Hartwell, Dr D. Hawkes, R.
E. Hawkins, P. A. Hayward, Dr W. A. Heflin, Dr M. H. Hey, M. T. Heydeman, Professor E.
(Carr) Holmes, Dr A. K. Huggins, Dr R. Hunter, Dr K. Islam, Dr D. M. Jackson, P.
Jarrett, Dr Russell Jones, Dr D. Julier, D. Kahn, Dr N. R. Ker, Dr W. J. Kirwin,
Professor K. Koike, Dr D. Lack, Professor J. D. Latham, Professor J. Leech, Dr D.
Leechman, Professor B. Lennox, Dr G. Lewis, R. P. W. Lewis, J. P. Lloyd, Dr A. Loveless,
Dr D. J. Mabberley, Professor R. I. McDavid, Jr., Dr R. S. McGregor, Professor J. B.
McMillan, Dr C. I. McMorran, Dr T. Magay, Dr L. V. Malakhovski, Dr F. H. C. Marriott, R.
D. Meikle, E. Mendelson, Professor G. B. Milner, P. A. Mulgan, D. D. Murison, P. H. Nye,
Dr K. P. Oakley, Mrs I. Opie, P. Opie, M. B. Parkes, Dr A. B. Paterson, N. W. Pirie,
Professor Dr I. Poldauf, N. G. Phillips, Capt. J. L. Pritchard, Professor C. Rabin, Mrs
V. Richardson, Professor R. H. Robins, Dr D. A. Roe, Dr H. M. Rosenberg, Professor J. M.
Rosenberg, Professor N. G. Sabbagha, K. S. Sandford, Dr H. G. A. V. Schenk, R. Scruton,
J. S. G. Simmons, F. H. Smith, A. J. Stevens, Dr I. N. Stewart, Dr S. Stubelius, Dr W.
C. Sturtevant, Dr C. H. V. Sutherland, Dr J. B. Sykes, P. Tamony, Associate Professor
Tao Jie, Dr D. J. Thompson, J. B. Trapp, Professor G. Treitel, G. W. Turner, J. O.
Urmson, Professor T. G. Vallance, N. van Blerk, Professor R. L. Venezky, Professor E. A.
Vincent, Dr M. Weitzmann, The Revd Canon Professor M. F. Wiles, Dr D. R. Woodall, Dr D.
Zorc


Critical proof-readers


Professor A. R. Duckert, Dr. B. Foster, Professor A. L. Hench, M. W. Grose, T. F. Hoad,
Mrs D. D. Honoré, Miss M. Laski, Mrs M. Y. Offord, Mrs L. W. Pauson, Mrs S. Ross,
Professor E. G. Stanley, Dr K. Stubbs, Mrs H. C. Wright

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