Eric Partridge
1894
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1979
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: New Zealand
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Queensland
occupation: lexicographer, writer, editor
Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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