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Sir Ernest Gowers

A senior British civil servant, Sir Ernest Gowers was the author of both Plain words (1948) and The ABC of plain words (1951). These two works he later combined and revised as The complete plain words (1954). He went on to revise H. W. Fowler's evergreen work Modern English usage (1965).

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Born 1880
Died 1966

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  • Cover of: A dictionary of modern English usage

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  • Cover of: The complete plain words

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September 24, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import