George Latimer Apperson

George Latimer Apperson ISO, (1857–1937) was a school inspector and man of letters.

He was editor of The Antiquary from 1899–1915, and a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary, both submitting large numbers of quotations and serving as subeditor for parts.[1]

Apperson was created Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1903, for his service in the Scotch Education Department within the Scottish Office at Whitehall.[2]

Works

The following list has come from a search[3] on the Jisc Library Hub Discover database.[note 1], with details checked by looking at advertisements and reviews for the works at the time of publication in the British Newspaper Archive.

List of books by Apperson
Ser. Year Title Publisher Pages Notes
1 1901 An Idler's Calendar: open air sketches and studies George Allen, London 254, 1 p., 8º [note 2]
2 1903 Bygone London Life: pictures from a vanished past Elliot Stock, London x, 151 p., 8º [note 3]
3 1907 Gleanings after time: chapters in social and domestic history Elliot Stock, London 213 p., 8º [note 4]
4 1914 The social history of smoking M. Secker, London 230 p., 8º [note 5]
5 1929 English proverbs and proverbial phrases : a historical dictionary Dent, London 721 p., 8º [note 6]
6 1932 A Jane Austen dictionary C. Palmer, London xii, 170 p., 8º [note 7]

Notes

  1. ^ The Jisc Library Hub Discover brings together the catalogues of 168 major UK and Irish libraries. Additional libraries are being added all the time, and the catalogue collates national, university, and research libraries.[4][5]
  2. ^ Most of the essays and sketches has initially appeared as "turnovers" in The Globe
  3. ^ A collection of sketches of London life in the years between Elizabeth I and George III. The Newcastle Daily Chronicle called it a "very interesting volume."[6] The book covered: Old-time Restaurants, The Coffee Houses, Some Old London Swells, Old London Museums, Old London Characters.[7] Available on-line at the Hathi Trust.[8]
  4. ^ Articles reprinted from The Antiquary, which Apperson edited from 1899 to 1915.[9]
  5. ^ Covers the three hundred years from the introduction of tobacco into England to the time of writing. The Yorkshire Post called it a "most entertaining volume".[10] Available at the Hathi Trust.[11]
  6. ^ Later revised as the Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs
  7. ^ The Yorkshire Post said that the volume was compiled with "remarkable diligence".[12] The author's preface stated his aim in compiling the dictionary was "to include in one alphabet: I .The name of every person, place, book, and author named in Jane Austen's (1) novels; (2) fragments and Juvenilia; II. The titles of all her works, with brief particulars of composition and publication; III. (1) The names of the novelist, her parents, family, and near relations and connections, with brief biographical details; (2) the names of persons associated with her, and of places and localities inhabited or visited by her."[13]

References

  1. ^ Lynda Mugglestone, Lexicography and the OED, 2000, ISBN 0198237847, p. 233
  2. ^ The School World, August 1903, p. 308 full text
  3. ^ "Search Results for author: Apperson, George Latimer". Library Hub Discover. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Libraries on Discover: Contributing libraries list". Library Hub Discover. 25 July 2020.
  5. ^ "About Library Hub Discover". Library Hub Discover. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Books of the Day". Newcastle Daily Chronicle (Tuesday 29 December 1903): 8. 29 December 1903. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "On the Table". The Sketch (Wednesday 18 November 1903): 34. 18 November 1903. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Apperson, George Latimer (1903). Bygone London Life: pictures from a vanished past. London: Elliot Stock. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The Hathi Trust (access may be limited outside the United States).
  9. ^ A. & C. Black Ltd. (1967). Who Was Who: Volume III: 1929-1940: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Period 1929-1940. Vol. 3: 1929-1940 (2nd ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 31. Retrieved 10 August 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  10. ^ "Smokers and Smoking". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (Wednesday 01 December 1915): 4. 1 December 1915. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Apperson, George Latimer (1914). The Social History of Smoking. London: Martin Secker. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The Hathi Trust (access may be limited outside the United States).
  12. ^ "For Janeites". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (Thursday 18 August 1932): 6. 18 August 1932. Retrieved 10 November 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ Apperson, George Latimer (2015). "Front Matter". A Jane Austen dictionary (PDF). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. vii. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316178287. ISBN 978-1-10808235-8. Retrieved 10 November 2020.