A S Hornby
/ˌeɪ es ˈhɔːnbi/
/ˌeɪ es ˈhɔːrnbi/
- Albert Sidney Hornby (1898-1978) an English teacher and writer of books for foreign learners of English. He is best known for the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, which was first published in Britain by Oxford University Press in 1948 and is still bought in large numbers by students around the world. New editions of the dictionary are published regularly. He gave money for the Hornby scholarships which pay for teachers from foreign countries to study in Britain.
Albert Sidney Hornby（1898-1978）是一位英语老师，也是为外国英语学习者写书的作家。他以《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》而闻名，该词典于1948年在牛津大学出版社在英国首次出版，至今仍被世界各地的学生大量购买。该词典的新版本会定期发布。他为霍恩比（Hornby）奖学金提供了钱，该奖学金支付了来自国外的老师来英国学习。