Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic (died 1979)

Eric Partridge

20th-century New Zealand-born lexicographer, editor, and author (1894–1979)

Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II.