Robert Burchfield

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Robert Burchfield


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Robert William Burchfield CNZM, CBE (27 January 1923 – 5 July 2004) was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was chief editor from 1971.

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The English Language (Oxfor...

3.76 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1985 — 27 editions
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Unlocking the English Language

3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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The Cambridge History of th...

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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Points of View: Aspects of ...

3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992
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The Spoken Word: A BBC Guide

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 4 editions
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A Supplement to the Oxford ...

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A Supplement to the Oxford ...

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Oxford English Dictionary a...

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A Supplement to The Oxford ...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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Words For Robert Burchfield...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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