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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Volume
14
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LIST
1
OF ABBREVIATIONS
General abbreviations
AB
bachelor of arts
BCnL
ABC ABC TV
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
BCom
bachelor of commerce
ABC Television
BD
bachelor of divinity
act.
active
BKd
bachelor of education
AS
Australian dollar
BEng
bachelor of engineering
AD
anno domini
bk pi. bks
book(s)
AFC
Air Force Cross
BL
bachelor of law / letters / literature
AIDS
acquired
BLitt
bachelor of letters
AK
Alaska
BM
bachelor of medicine
AL
Alabama
BMus
bachelor of music
A level
advanced
BP
before present
ALS
associate of the Linnean Society
BP
British
AM
master of arts
Bros.
Brothers
AMICE
associate
BS
(1)
immune deficiency syndrome
level [examination]
member of the Institution of Civil
bachelor of canon law
Engineers (3)
New Zealand Army Corps
ANZAC
Australian and
appx pi. appxs
appendix(es)
AR ARA ARCA
Arkansas
ARCM
associate of the Royal College of Music
ARCO
associate of the Royal College of Organists
ARIBA
BSc
associate of the Royal
Academy
associate of the Royal College of Art
bachelor of science; British standard
(2)
bachelor of surgery;
bachelor of science
BSc (Econ.) BSc
Petroleum
(Eng.)
bachelor of science (economics) bachelor of science (engineering)
bt
baronet
BTh
bachelor of theology
bur.
buried
C.
associate of the Royal Institute of British
command
[identifier for
published
parliamentary papers]
Architects
ARP
ARRC ARSA
c.
circa
c.
capitulumpl. capitula: chapter(s)
CA
California
Cantab.
Cantabrigiensis
cap.
capitulumpl. capitula: chapter(s)
CB CBE CBS
companion of the Bath
cc
cubic centimetres
precautions
air-raid
associate of the Royal
Red Cross
associate of the Royal Scottish
Academy
item
art.
article
ASC
Army Service Corps
Asch
Austrian Schilling
ASDIC
Antisubmarine Detection Investigation
/
Committee
commander of the Order of the British Empire Columbia Broadcasting System
ATS
Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATV Aug AZ
Associated Television
C$
Canadian dollar
August
CD
compact disc
Arizona
Cd
command
[identifier for
published
parliamentary papers]
b.
bom
BA BA (Admin.)
bachelor of arts (administration)
BAFTA
British
bachelor of arts
Academy of Film and Television Arts
BAO
bachelor of arts in obstetrics
bap.
baptized
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
BC
before Christ
BCE
befor.e the
BCE
bachelor of civil engineering
BCG
bacillus of Calmette
CE
Common (or Christian) Era
cent.
century
cf.
compare
CH
Companion of Honour
chap.
chapter
ChB
bachelor of surgery
Cl
Imperial Order of the
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CID
Criminal Investigation Department
CIE
companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
against tuberculosis!
Cie
Compagnie
BCh
bachelor of surgery
CLit
companion of literature
BChir
bachelor of surgery
CM
master of surgery
BCL
bachelor of civil law
cm
centimetre(s)
/
Company
common (or Christian) era and Guerin [inoculation
Crown of India
vi
GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS edn
edition
parliamentary papers|
EEC
European Economic Community
companion of the Order of St Michael and
EI-TA
European Free Trade Association
EICS
East India
Company Seivice
EMI
Electrical
and Musical Industries
Eng.
English
enl.
enlarged
command
St
(identifier lor
published
George
command (identifier lor published parliamentary papers|
Colorado
company
ep.
column(s) corporation certificate of
SI
Entertainments National Seivice Association
ENSA
county
companion
pi.
epp.
extra-sensory perception
esp.
especially
esq.
esquire
est.
estimate / estimated
EU
European Union
ex
sold by
excl.
excludes / excluding
exh.
exhibited
exh. cat.
exhibition catalogue
of the Order of the Star ol India
commander of the Royal Victorian Order hundredweight
lAmencan) dollar
penny (pence);
It)
(2)
died
dame commander of the Order of the
DCH DCh DCl DCnL
f.
in child health
doctor of surgery doctor of civil law doctor of canon law
dame commander of the
DD
(lit.
out of)
British
Empire diploma
epistola(e)
ESP secondary education
Connecticut
(Ltd)
Royal Victorian Order
doctor of divinity
pi. ff.
following (pages|
FA
Football Association
FACP
fellow of the American College of Physicians
facs.
facsimile
FANY
First
FBA
fellow of the British
FBI
Federation of British Industries
Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Academy
Delaware
FCS
fellow of the Chemical Society
Dec
December
Feb
February
dom DEng
demolished
FEng
fellow of the Fellowship of Engineering
doctor of engineering
FFCM
fellow of the Faculty of Community Medicine
destroyed
FGS
fellow of the Geological Society
fig-
figure
FIMechE
fellow of the Institution of Mechanical
DFC
Distinguished Flying Cross
DipEd
diploma
in
DipPwh
diploma
in psychiatry
dm
education
Engineers FL
dissertation
ft-
deputy lieutenant doctor ofletters
DLin
doctor of Celtic letters
DLillCcll
DM
1
1
1
Deutschmark;
(3)
(
2)
doctor of medicine;
doctor of musical arts
Florida floruit
FI.S
fellow of the Linnean Society
FM
frequency modulation
fol. pi. fols.
folio(s)
Fr
French francs
Fr.
French
DMm
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