Robert W Burchfield

Burchfield served in the war in the Royal New Zealand Artillery. he went on to hold a number of academic posts at Oxford University before becoming Chief Editor of the Oxford English dictionaries (1971-84). He was a Senior Research Fellow of St. Peter's College Oxford from 1979 to 1990 and is now an Emeritus Fellow of the College.

Burchfield served in the war in the Royal New Zealand Artillery. he went on to hold a number of academic posts at Oxford University before becoming Chief Editor of the Oxford English dictionaries (1971-84). He was a Senior Research Fellow of St. Peter's College Oxford from 1979 to 1990 and is now an Emeritus Fellow of the College. See less