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Co-editors: John A. Simpson, Edmund S. C. Weiner
Chief Science Editor: Alan M. Hughes
Associate Editor: Yvonne L. Warburton
Senior Editors: Peter M. Gilliver (Science), Michael J. Proffitt, Sara K. Tulloch
Director, North American Reading Programme: Jeffery A. Triggs
Senior Assistant Editors: Melinda J. Babcock (Library Research), John Paterson (Bibliographical collation), Bernadette T. Paton
Assistant Editors: Edith Bonner
Departmental Secretary: Margot Charlton
Working alongside the editorial staff of the Dictionary have been numerous freelance library researchers, concerned principally with tracing the earliest uses of terms and with the verification of quotations cited in the volume:
Oxford: Judy Bowdler
Washington: Adriana Orr
New York: Rita Keckeissen.
Boston: Sally Hinkle.
New Haven: Lori Bronars.
Kingston, Ontario: Margery Fee.
San Francisco: Ken Feinstein.
Valuable additional assistance has been given by several others not on the permanent staff of the Dictionary:
Proof-reading: Hazel Clark, Simon Hunt, Veronica Hurst.
Proof administration: Susan Vickers.
Keyboarding: Catherine Tennant, Susan Wilkin.
Quotation-file sorting: Alexandra Barratt, Juliet Field, Giles Goodland, Patricia Greene, Keith Jebb, Peter Jenkins, Lisa Johnston, Jonathan Jones, Barbara Levick, Brian McKenna, Paul Messerschmitt, Eric Peyton, Murray Pratt, Rob Pursey, Alastair Ricketts, Ian Sheils, Catherine Soanes, Andrew Strachan.
The following have contributed over 3,000 quotations to the reading programme since the publication of OED2 (members of the North American reading programme unless otherwise indicated):
Pat Back (UK), Janet Begnoche, Chris Collier (Austral.), Sue Cowen, Emma Fontanella, Noel Marie Gaeta, Marybeth Geanious, Alesia Goginsky, Daria Goginsky, Tony Gordon (UK), Charlotte Graves Taylor (UK), Susan A. Hill, Joanne Hindman, Victoria Jannson, Daria Kelly-Uhlig, Anna Kirby, Andrew Lintern-Ball (UK), Andrea Nagy, Jennie Neary, Ruth Mateer (UK), Vivienne Painting (UK), Rebecca Pressman, Gillian Rathbone (UK), Stephen Redenbaugh, Vivien Redman (UK), Susan Rennie, David Rode, Allan Rostron (UK), Kathy Shock (UK), Trish Stableford (UK), Marcy Stamper, Sara G. Triggs, Peter Wexler (UK), Mary White (UK), Jelly Williams (UK), and Wayne Wunderlich.
A number of persons have been responsible for keying material collected by the reading programme. The following have keyed over 3,000 quotations (North American reading programme unless otherwise stated):
Charles Blackmore (UK), Sally Francisco, Noel Marie Gaeta, Marybeth Geanious, Phillip Gerrish (UK), Martin Green (UK), Susan A. Hill, Joanne Hindman, *Daria Kelly-Uhlig, Judi Lancashire (UK), Jessica Maybar, *Andrea Nagy, David Rode, Marcia Slater (UK), Marcy Stamper, *Sara G. Triggs, Helen Triggs, Wayne Wunderlich, *Alexandria Zander.
Lauren Busciglio and Sue Cowen have, along with those marked above with an asterisk, been responsible for processing over 3,000 quotations for the reading-programme database in Oxford.
The Editors are also indebted to the many others who have contributed information on particular entries in the Dictionary; also to the staff of the libraries, especially the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library, who have unfailingly treated the Dictionary's requests for information and assistance with courtesy and dispatch; and to Bellcore at Morristown, NJ (particularly Dr Michael Lesk and Dr Donald Walker), which has generously provided resources assisting us in the development of the OED's North American Reading Programme.
A number of people have been involved in other aspects of the preparation of this volume. The Editors are particularly indebted to the following, who between them shared the task of reading and commenting on ranges of proofs:
Robert Barnhart, Dr Robert Burchfield, Michael Grose, Dr Philip Hardie, Terry Hoad, Deborah Honoré, Dr Harry Logan, Hazel Wright.
In addition to those listed on p. x of the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, valuable specialist comment on individual entries has been given by Dr P. Baker, Dr D. Barrett, Dr H. Bennet-Clark, Professor J. Black, Mr R. J. Bowater, Dr L. D. Carrington, Dr M. Clark, Dr S. V. Clube, Mr H. S. Colvin, Ms M.-H Corréard, Mr A Credland, Dr Q. C. B. Cronk, Dr J. H. C. S. Davidson, Dr M. Fee, Mr W. K. M. V. Gale, Dr W. J. Gould, Mrs J. Harrison, Dr T. S. Kemp, Dr A. M. Lackie, Mr R. P. W. Lewis, Dr T. W. A. Little, Dr I. W. F. MacLean, Dr D. W. Minter, Dr D. D. Murison, Dr H. Orsman, Professor A. Pawley, Mr G. Pointon, Ms J. Poke, Captain A. B. Sainsbury, Dr D. Shulman, Mrs P. Silva, Professor N. S. Sutherland, Dr S. S. Strickland, Lord Walton of Detchant, Mr K. Whyld, Professor J. D. A. Widdowson, Professor M. V. Wilkes, Mr T. Wilson, Professor J. C. Wright.
The Editors are sad to record the deaths during the preparation of the volume of four long-standing consultants: Professor J. Leech, Mr P. Kemp, Ms J. C. Swannell, and Professor T. G. Vallance.
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