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An amanuensis (/əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs/) or scribe[1][2] is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. It may also be a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority.[3]
In some academic contexts, an amanuensis can assist an injured or disabled person in taking written examinations. Eric Fenby acted as such in assisting the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius in writing down the notes he dictated.[4]
- ^ Use of amanuenses (or scribes) during exams, University of Birmingham, retrieved 2024-10-08
- ^ Exam arrangements for disabled students, University of Glasgow, retrieved 2024-10-08
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary 3rd ed. (2003)
- ^ Eric Fenby (1936) Delius as I Knew Him, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London