Charles Talbut Onions (historical)

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Charles Talbut Onions was a British lexicographer best known for his major editorial role in the development of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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instanceOf British person
academic
editor
lexicographer
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
birthDate 1873-09-10
birthPlace Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
contributedTo historical study of English vocabulary
standardization of English lexicography
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1965-01-08
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Queen's College, Birmingham
surface form: Mason College, Birmingham
employer Oxford University Press
University of Oxford
era 20th century
late 19th century
familyName Onions
fieldOfWork English philology
history of the English language
lexicography
fullName Charles Talbut Onions (historical) self-link
surface form: Charles Talbut Onions
genre dictionary
etymological dictionary
linguistics textbook
givenName Charles
honorificTitle CBE
knownFor Shakespearean scholarship
major editorial role in the Oxford English Dictionary
work on the Oxford English Dictionary
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Philological Society
notableWork A Shakespeare Glossary
An Advanced English Syntax
Oxford Dictionary of English
surface form: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
occupation editor
lexicographer
philologist
positionHeld editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
lecturer in English at the University of Oxford
reader in English at the University of Oxford
religion Christianity
residence Oxford
surface form: Oxford, England
workedOn Oxford English Dictionary
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

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Oxford English Dictionary hasChiefEditor Charles Talbut Onions (historical)
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles editor Charles Talbut Onions (historical)
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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles notableContributor Charles Talbut Onions (historical)
this entity surface form: Charles Talbut Onions
Charles Talbut Onions (historical) fullName Charles Talbut Onions (historical) self-link
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this entity surface form: Charles Talbut Onions