Edmund Weiner

Who is Edmund Weiner?

Edmund Weiner was co-editor of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. He originally joined the OED staff in 1977, becoming the dictionary's chief philologist.

Previously, he taught Old English, Middle English and English linguistic history at Christ Church, Oxford, where he also undertook research on Middle English literature. He is now a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.

As well as writing or compiling a number of books on English grammar and usage, he co-authored a book on Tolkien: The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary, analysing the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien and the OED. He and Marshall also contributed a chapter on Tolkien's invented languages to From Elvish to Klingon.