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Elizabeth Knowles,Susan Ratcliffe

A historical lexicographer, having previously worked on the 4th edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Elizabeth Knowles has had a long association with Oxford Quotations Dictionaries. As well as the 7th edition of theOxford Dictionary of Quotations (2009), her editorial credits include theOxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2nd edition, 2005), the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd edition, 2007),What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (2006), and How To Read a Word (2010).


Susan Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Oxford Quotations Dictionaries, and over the last twenty years has edited several titles including theOxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject (2nd edition, 2010), the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (6th edition, 2011), and the Oxford Treasuryof Sayings and Quotations (4rd edition, 2011).