The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopaedia

In all truth compiling reference works is far from being a simple process. Under the editorial direction of David Crystal, an instrumental force within the CUP reference publication programme who has, in his time, edited three editions of The Cambridge Encyclopedia, two editions of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language etc., an editorial assistant, four database compilers, a ready reference designer, three ready reference compilers, and six consultants (from the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) laboured to produce this second edition of a work first published in 1994, which was itself a...