- Nakdimon S. Doniach
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Nakdimon Shabbethay Doniach OBE (May 8, 1907 London, England – April 16, 1994 Oxford, England) was a lexicographer and scholar of Judaic and Semitic languages. In World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force as a member of the intelligence unit at Bletchley Park, rising to the rank of Squadron Leader.
After 11 years in the RAF, he moved to the Foreign Office department at GCHQ Cheltenham, where he became Director of the Technical Language Section.
He was the editor of the 1972 Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary and the 1982 Concise Oxford English Dictionary of Current Usage.
Bibliography
Works by Doniach
- Concise Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (1992) ISBN 978-0828884365
- The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage (1972) ISBN 978-0198643128
Obituaries
- Obituary, The Independent, 23 April 1994.
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1994 deaths
- English lexicographers
- Royal Air Force officers
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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