Paul Dickson (born in Yonkers, New York) is a freelance writer of more than 50 non-fiction books, mostly on American English language and popular culture. He has written many articles on a wide variety of subjects. He is a founding member and former president of Washington Independent Writers and a member of the National Press Club. Dickson coined the term "word word".For his published work on baseball, the Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire."Dickson graduated from Wesleyan University in 1961. He resides in Garrett Park, Maryland.
British director, the son of a tobacconist. Educated at Ellesmere college, he served in a secret service capacity in Italy, before working as a cameraman in the army film unit. He was acclaimed for his documentary shorts made for World Wide Pictures between 1949 and 1952. Dickson returned to documentary work in the 1960's, in-between taking on more commercial film and television projects. He was also involved in advertising, turning out successful commercials for Martini, John Player and Birdseye. As head of direction at the National Film School in Beaconsfield (1980-1989), Dickson lectured in Sydney, Belgrade, Moscow and Lodz.
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