His A dictionary of historical slang, c1972 half t.p. (Eric Partridge was born in New Zealand in 1894 and attended both Queensland and Oxford Univerisities. After working for three years as a schoolteacher, he served as a private in the Australian infantry in the First World War. In 1921 he was appointed Queensland Travelling Fellow at Oxford and later was a lecturer at the universities of Manchester and London. He founded the Scholartis Press in 1927 and managed it until 1931, and in 1932 became a full-time writer)
His A dictionary of catch phrases, American and British ... 1986 CIP t.p. (Eric Partridge) publ. info. with CIP (d. 1979)
Contemp. authors, new rev. ser., c1981 v. 3 (Partridge, Eric (Honeywood) 1894-1979 (Corrie Denison), b. 2/6/1894, in Poverty Bay, New Zealand, d. 6/1/79, in Devonshire, England; lecturer in English, Univ. Manchester and London; writ.: (under pseud. Corrie Denison) Glimpses, 1928, repr. under name Eric Partridge, 1971)
Email from Lyman T. Sargent, May 20, 2007 (The scene is changed by James Ray, pseud. of Eric Honeywood Partridge)
Wikipedia (online encyclopedia), viewed on 4 July 2008 Eric Partridge (Eric Honeywood Partridge (February 6, 1894-June 1, 1979) was a noted New Zealand/British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. Partridge was born near Waimata Valley, Gisborne, on the North Island of New Zealand. In 1907 the family moved to Brisbane, Australia, where he was educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School. He then studied first Classics and then French and English at the University of Queensland. During this time Partridge also taught for three years as a school teacher before serving in the Australian infantry during the First World War. Partridge died in Moretonhampstead, Devon, in 1979) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page