John (Andrew) Simpson (born 13 October, 1953, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Simpson was co-editor of the second edition, which ran to 20 volumes published in 1989, a combination of the original text with several supplemental volumes that had followed.

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  • John (Andrew) Simpson (born 13 October, 1953, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Simpson was co-editor of the second edition, which ran to 20 volumes published in 1989, a combination of the original text with several supplemental volumes that had followed. He also directed the conversion of the OED’s vast printed resources into a streamlined electronic database, bringing the entire second edition on-line in March 2000. In his spare time Simpson captains a local village cricket team in Oxfordshire. Simpson has two children, Katharine Jane and Eleanor Grace. Simpson lectures widely on language, lexicography, and the research underway at the OED.
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  • 12 September 2003
  • 16 March 2007
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  • The Times
  • Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them. A while ago this evidence suggested that wiki was starting to make a name for itself, we tracked it for several years, researched its origins and finally decided it was time to include it in the dictionary.
  • You need to distinguish between the word and the thing. Crompton's mule (the old spinning machine) is obsolete as a thing, but it's very much alive (in history texts) as a word. English words thought dead are often surviving and frequently used, if you read the right books or talk to the right people.
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk
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  • John (Andrew) Simpson (born 13 October, 1953, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Simpson was co-editor of the second edition, which ran to 20 volumes published in 1989, a combination of the original text with several supplemental volumes that had followed.
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