Peter Gilliver
@petermgilliver.bsky.social
Word person; tenor; European; British; English (Northern, and not a monkey); blissfully partnered; some other things. Views my own.
William Gee (1836–98) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him (a substantial update of something I wrote two years ago). Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
William Gee (1836–98) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him (a substantial update of something I wrote two years ago). Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
Can fairly easily be traced back a little earlier—here's an ad from the Jewish Record of 11 Dec 1868. #ongoingresearch
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Can fairly easily be traced back a little earlier—here's an ad from the Jewish Record of 11 Dec 1868. #ongoingresearch
Robert Backhouse Peacock (1813–64) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Robert Backhouse Peacock (1813–64) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Wendell Phillips Garrison (1840–1907) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wendell Phillips Garrison (1840–1907) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
Charles Gray (1834–1915) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
October 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Charles Gray (1834–1915) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Prudence Elizabeth Frances Walter (1859–1941) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a brief piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Prudence Elizabeth Frances Walter (1859–1941) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a brief piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Cornelius Paine (1809–90) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Cornelius Paine (1809–90) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Margaret Haig (later Stuart) (1860–1933) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
October 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Margaret Haig (later Stuart) (1860–1933) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
The elusive H. S. Bhide is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
October 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The elusive H. S. Bhide is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–77) is my latest #OEDMaker—sort of—and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
October 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–77) is my latest #OEDMaker—sort of—and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
Thomas Wilson (1841–1915) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
September 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thomas Wilson (1841–1915) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
Elizabeth Ryland Trestrail (née Dent) (1813–1900) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
September 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Elizabeth Ryland Trestrail (née Dent) (1813–1900) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about her. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Paget Jackson Toynbee (1855–1932) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Paget Jackson Toynbee (1855–1932) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Richard John Lloyd (1846–1906) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
Robert Henderson Carothers (1848–1923) is my latest #OEDMaker—after a bit of a gap caused by doing yet more research on the fascinating E. S. Dodgson—and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Robert Henderson Carothers (1848–1923) is my latest #OEDMaker—after a bit of a gap caused by doing yet more research on the fascinating E. S. Dodgson—and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
Charlton Huxley Walker (1873–1955) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
August 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Charlton Huxley Walker (1873–1955) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-...
Well now, this I didn’t know. (Laurence Bévenot, ‘A Memorial of Oxford Martyrs’ (Ampleforth Journal Summer 1924))
August 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Well now, this I didn’t know. (Laurence Bévenot, ‘A Memorial of Oxford Martyrs’ (Ampleforth Journal Summer 1924))
The extraordinary Edward Spencer Dodgson (1857–1922) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
August 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The extraordinary Edward Spencer Dodgson (1857–1922) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-quotatio...
James Creed Gilbert (1858–1938) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
July 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
James Creed Gilbert (1858–1938) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson (1870–1938) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson (1870–1938) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
James Platt junior (1861–1910) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
July 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
James Platt junior (1861–1910) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to @DictionarySocNA members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/miscellaneou...
I remember the first time I went to Finland being struck by how there was the same view everywhere—lake, thin line of trees, sky—and how beautiful it was.
July 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I remember the first time I went to Finland being struck by how there was the same view everywhere—lake, thin line of trees, sky—and how beautiful it was.