Peter Gilliver


Peter Gilliver is a lexicographer and associate editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Career

Gilliver's parents were both linguists. He attended Barnard Castle School, and has a degree in Mathematics from Jesus College, Cambridge, and a qualification in Information Science from Liverpool.
As of 2013, he was responsible for the largest three or four entries in the current electronic revision, including the largest.
In 2016 Gilliver published a history of the OED, which took most of the previous decade to write.
He and his partner sing in various choirs, including the Oxford Bach Choir, and Fiori Musicali.

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