A. S. Hornby
Albert Sidney (or Sydney
Hornby was born in
He began to work the following year with E. V. Gatenby and H. Wakefield on a new type of
In 1948 his dictionary was reissued by Oxford University Press as A Learner's Dictionary of Current English. The subsequent editions of the dictionary were (1963 second, 1974 third) and continue to be a great commercial success in ELT publishing. It is now in its tenth edition and is known as the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
The A.S. Hornby Educational Trust was established in 1961. The Trust supports ELT practitioners from low and lower-middle income countries. The Trust has supported over 480 ELT professionals from around the world via Hornby Scholarships, and thousands more via regional schools, a scholar alumni network and Teacher Association project awards. The Trust also supports dictionary-related research and research into the history of ELT.
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
External links
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- A. P. Cowie, ‘A. S. Hornby: a Centenary Tribute’, EURALEX'98 Proceedings, 1998
- Tribute to AS Hornby by a Former Israeli ESL Student
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