The first edition of the dictionary in 1979, with Patrick Hanks as editor and Lawrence Urdang as editorial director, used computer databases and typesetting in the preparation of a dictionary.
He is editor of the Survey of English Place-Names for Hampshire and principal investigator of the AHRC-funded project Family Names of the United Kingdom (FaNUK), running from 2010–14, of which Patrick Hanks is lead researcher.
Tom Hanks | Patrick Henry | Patrick Swayze | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | Saint Patrick | Patrick Dempsey | Patrick Ewing | Patrick | Robert Patrick | Patrick Leahy | Patrick Stewart | Patrick Moore | Patrick Kane | Deval Patrick | Saint Patrick's Day | Patrick McGoohan | Patrick Macnee | Patrick Troughton | Patrick Demarchelier | St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York | St. Patrick | Patrick O'Brian | Patrick Heron | Neil Patrick Harris | Patrick White | Patrick Marber | Patrick Califia | Patrick Bruel | William Francis Patrick Napier | Tera Patrick |