Introduction to the eighth edition
History of the Dictionary
Introduction to the first edition
How to use this work
Quotations
Index
Elizabeth Knowles is a historical lexicographer who worked on the
4th edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993) and was
Editor of the 5th, 6th, and 7th editions of the Oxford Dictionary
of Quotations (1999, 2004, 2009). Her other editorial credits
include the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd edition,
2007), What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (2006), and
the Little Oxford Dictionary of
Proverbs (2009). She is a contributor to The History of Oxford
University Press (2013).
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