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Patrick Hanks
AuthorBooks · Second hand1940-2024
Patrick Wyndham Hanks was an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names.
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About Patrick Hanks
Birth
1940
Death
2024
First book
1998
Years writing
28
Patrick Wyndham Hanks was an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names.
Patrick Hanks was a prominent British lexicographer and linguist born in Worcester.
His academic work focused deeply on the study of the English language and dictionaries.
He is globally recognized for his work on the Dictionary of American Family Names.
He contributed significantly to lexicography through the creation of the New Oxford Dictionary of English.
Throughout his prolific career, he published a total of 45 works dedicated to language and personal names.
