Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill
P. G. O'Neill was a British academic and writer on Japanese language and Noh drama.
O'Neill was, with Ronald P. Dore, Sir Peter Parker and John R. McEwan, one of the "Dulwich boys", 30 sixth-formers who commenced study of Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in May 1942.
O'Neill was Professor of Japanese at SOAS from 1968 until 1986.
Works
on NohCollected Writings A Guide to NoEarly No DramaJapan on Stageon Japanese languageA Reader of Handwritten JapaneseJapanese Kana HandbookA programmed course on respect language in modem Japanese. London: English Universities Press, 1966.Essential Kanji.
- 日英佛教語辞典 A Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist Terms, Based on References in Japanese Literature.
- 中日英佛教語辞典 Chinese-Japanese-English-French Teaching Terms Lexicon.
- 日本人名辞典 - dictionary of variant pronunciations of Japanese personal names and surnames.
- 日本人名地名辞典 - personal names, surnames and place names dictionary