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Craigie, Mathews, and Watson: New Light on the Dictionary of American English

Craigie, Mathews, and Watson: New Light on the Dictionary of American English CRAIGIE, MATHEWS, AND WATSON: NEW LIGHT ON THE DICTIONAR Y OF AMERICAN ENGLISH ALLEN WALKER READ As is apparent from his headnote, the Editor expected differences of opinion about the essay, "George Watson and the Dictionary of American English," that appeared in the last issue of Dictionaries. The following is the response of Allen Walker Read, who was "on the scene" when the events took place. He went to the University of Chicago for the summer session of 1927, where he took the dictionary course usually taught by Sir William Craigie, but that summer by James Root Hulbert. As he was the only student in the class, it became a series of tutorials by Hulbert. Read then did three years of graduate work at Oxford University, under the supervision of Dr. C T. Onions, taught another year, 1931-32, at the University of Missouri, living next door to his revered mentor Robert L Ramsay, and in the autumn of 1932 returned to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Sir William to work on the DAE. In 1934 he was appointed Assistant Editor, along with M. M. Mathews. The following letters were written without thought of publication, but http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America Dictionary Society of North America

Craigie, Mathews, and Watson: New Light on the Dictionary of American English

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CRAIGIE, MATHEWS, AND WATSON: NEW LIGHT ON THE DICTIONAR Y OF AMERICAN ENGLISH ALLEN WALKER READ As is apparent from his headnote, the Editor expected differences of opinion about the essay, "George Watson and the Dictionary of American English," that appeared in the last issue of Dictionaries. The following is the response of Allen Walker Read, who was "on the scene" when the events took place. He went to the University of Chicago for the summer session of 1927, where he took the dictionary course usually taught by Sir William Craigie, but that summer by James Root Hulbert. As he was the only student in the class, it became a series of tutorials by Hulbert. Read then did three years of graduate work at Oxford University, under the supervision of Dr. C T. Onions, taught another year, 1931-32, at the University of Missouri, living next door to his revered mentor Robert L Ramsay, and in the autumn of 1932 returned to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Sir William to work on the DAE. In 1934 he was appointed Assistant Editor, along with M. M. Mathews. The following letters were written without thought of publication, but

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Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America – Dictionary Society of North America

Published: Apr 4, 1986

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