George Latimer Apperson
George Latimer Apperson (1857–1937) was a school inspector and man of letters.
He was editor of The Antiquary from 1899–1915, and a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary, both submitting large numbers of quotations and serving as subeditor for parts.[1]
Apperson was created Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1903, for his service in the Scotch Education Department within the Scottish Office at Whitehall.[2]
Works[3]
- Bygone London life: Pictures from a Vanished Past, 1903
- Gleanings after Time: Chapters in Social and Domestic History, 1907
- The Social History of Smoking, 1914.
- A Jane Austen dictionary, 1932
- English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: A Historical Dictionary, 1929
Notes
External links
- Works by George Latimer Apperson at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Latimer Apperson at Internet Archive
- Works by George Latimer Apperson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
