Edmund Weiner

Deputy Chief Editor of OED

Edmund Weiner is Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Previously, he taught Old English, Middle English and English linguistic history at Christ Church, Oxford, where he also undertook research on Middle English literature. He is now a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford. As well as writing or compiling a number of books on English grammar and usage, he co-authored a book on Tolkien: The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, analysing the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien and the OED. He also co-autored a chapter on Tolkien's invented languages for From Elvish to Klingon, edited by Michael Adams.

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2014
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