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Tom McArthur (linguist) was born on 23 August, 1938 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a writer. Discover Tom McArthur (linguist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation linguist, expert on English as a world language, writer, editor
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 23 August, 1938
Birthday 23 August
Birthplace Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death March 30, 2020
Died Place Histon and Impington
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Who Is Tom McArthur (linguist)'s Wife?

His wife is Feri Mottahedin (married 1963, died 1993); Jacqueline Lam (married 2001)

Family
Parents Archibald McArthur (father)Margaret Burns (mother)
Wife Feri Mottahedin (married 1963, died 1993); Jacqueline Lam (married 2001)
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Children 3

Tom McArthur (linguist) Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1992

McArthur's most notable work was The Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992), a 1200-page work with 95 contributors and 70 consultants, which was hailed by The Guardian as a "leviathan of accessible scholarship" and was listed on the Sunday Times bestseller list. He published an abridged edition in 1996 and a concise edition in 1998. A second edition was published in 2018, co-edited with Jacqueline Lam McArthur and Lise Fontaine.

1984

McArthur also taught at the University of Exeter's Dictionary Research Centre, which was established in 1984 by Reinhard Hartmann. In 1987 he collaborated with David Crystal to produce an 18-part radio version of a TV series The Story of English for BBC World Service. and in 1997 he co-founded the Asian Association for Lexicography. Earlier, he published books about Indian philosophy and the Bhagavad Gita, and the languages of Scotland, wrote unpublished novels, served as an officer-instructor in the British Army, taught in Sutton Coldfield and in Bombay Cathedral School, and reported for local newspapers.

1938

Tom McArthur (23 August 1938 – 30 March 2020) was a Scottish linguist, lexicographer, and the founding editor of English Today. Among the many books he wrote and edited, he is best known for the Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English, the first thematic monolingual learner's dictionary, which complemented the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English by bringing together sets of words with related meanings, Worlds of Reference, as well as the Oxford Guide to World English (2002, paperback 2003).