William Archibald Spooner

Editorial: Pity William Archibald Spooner whose gift to the world we were reminded of last Monday by Jim Naughtie's slip

In praise of … a well-placed signature | Editorial 2011

IN THE early 20th century, the highly eccentric Dean and Warden of New College, Oxford, William Archibald Spooner, famously acquired something of a reputation for making comical slips of the tongue and for coining unintentionally amusing or unfortunate phrases.

Reviews of Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe, by William Rosen 2007

IN THE early 20th century, the highly eccentric Dean and Warden of New College, Oxford, William Archibald Spooner, famously acquired something of a reputation for making comical slips of the tongue and for coining unintentionally amusing or unfortunate phrases.

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