Knowles, Elizabeth

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KNOWLES, Elizabeth

KNOWLES, Elizabeth. British, b. 1947. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, staff member, then senior editor of English dictionary, 1983-93, publishing manager of Oxford quotation dictionaries, 1993-. Publications: EDITOR: Oxford Dictionary of New Words, 1997; Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation, 1997; Oxford Dictionary of Twentieth Century Quotations, 1998; Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 1999; Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 2000; Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 2nd ed., 2002. Address: Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. Online address: [email protected]

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