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George Hart obituary Sam Moorhead
My friend George Hart, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was one of Britain’s leading educators about Egypt. If you walked through the Egyptian sculpture gallery at the British Museum and saw a large crowd of people being addressed by someone you could barely see, it had to be George conducting a gallery talk. There was rarely an empty seat when he lectured.
George was born in Dunfermline, the son of Horace Hart, known as Harry, an underwriter’s clerk, and his wife, Lillian (nee Smith), a secretary. The family moved south when George was a child and he attended East Ham grammar school. He studied Classics and Egyptology at University College London, where he was greatly inspired by Professor Harry Smith, the Egyptologist, who became a mentor.
No, my parents are not Terry Fox and Sandra Oh. Confused? You are not alone. The use and need for the Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, has puzzled many for decades.
What is the Oxford comma? The Oxford comma is a form of punctuation used in a list of three or more words to help communicate a specific meaning. If I had used an Oxford comma, the title of this article would have read “Who inspires me? My Parents, Terry Fox, and Sandra Oh.”
From 1883 to 1915, Horace Hart was the printer and controller of the Oxford University Press. Hart has been credited as the first published proponent of the comma. Hart wrote a writing style guide entitled
Friday, December 18, 2020
Brits may not have been first off the mark in print, in comparison with some of our neighbours, but their contribution to the craft has nevertheless been great
The printing industry is not always good at honouring its past: the inventions, processes, products or the people. That is a pity because it is the men and women of the past that have brought the industry to where it is today, just as it is the individuals of today who will shape the printing industry of tomorrow. We do not move forward in isolation, today we build on what happened yesterday and we have much cause to give thanks to our forerunners.
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