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Acknowledgements
Director
Della Summers
Senior Publisher
Laurence Delacroix
Projects Director
Michael Mayor
Managing Editor
Stephen Bullon
Michael Murphy
Lexicographers
Daniel Barron
Elizabeth Beizei
Karen Cleveland-Marwick
Stephen Handorf
Martin Stark
Rebecca Campbell
Michael Janes
Joanna Leigh
Clare Vickers
Donald Watt
Research
David Hallworth
Project Manager
Alan Savill
Production Manager
Clive McKeough
Computational Linguist
Allan Ørsnes
Production Editor
Paola Rocchetti
Project and Database Administrator
Denise McKeough
Technical Support Manager
Trevor Satchell
Network Administrator
Kim Lee-Amies
Pronunciation Editor
Dinah Jackson
Proofreaders
Sandra Anderson
Isabel Griffiths
Carole Murphy
Ruth Hillmore
Jane Horwood
Ruth Noble
Daphne Trotter
Features
Stephen Bullon
Stephen Handorf
Michael Murphy
Joanna Leigh
Cindy Leaney
Keyboarders
Denise McKeough
Pauline Savill
Janine Trainor
Design
Mick Harris
Picture Research
Sue Donoghue
Sandra Hilsdon
Hilary Luckcock
Lisa Wren
Artwork
Bob Harvey (Pennant Illustration)
Chris Rothero (Beehive Illustration)
Martin Sanders (Beehive Illustration)
Tony Wilkins