Robert Burchfield
Robert William Burchfield (January 27, 1923 - July 5, 2004)
was a scholar, writer, and lexicographer. Born in Wanganui, New Zealand,
he studied at Victoria University in Wellington and, later, at Oxford University (Magdalen College)
in England on a Rhodes Scholarship, where he was mentored by J.R.R. Tolkien. From 1957 to 1986 he edited the second
Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary. Subsequently he produced
a controversial, substantially rewritten edition of
Modern English Usage, the famous style guide
to the English language by Henry Watson Fowler. He died at the age of 81.
External linkObituary of Robert Burchfield (Daily Telegraph)
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