Meaning of "lethuel" (an occupation)?

Question

The [Reginald Punnett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_C._Punnett) Wikipedia article quotes from the 31 March 1901 <del>British</del> Census as follows:> Reginald Crundall Punnett Age:26. Estimated Birth Year abt 1875. Relationship:Boarder. Where born:Tonbridge, Kent, England. Address 83 North Street.FIFE.Scotland. Occupation:Lethuel In Zoology...The article says Punnett worked as a demonstrator and part-time lecturer at University of St. Andrew's at a time between 1898 to 1902, so *lethuel* may refer to demonstrator and/or part-time lecturer. However, I haven't been able to verify the meaning, either online or in printed works such as *Webster's Third New International Dictionary*. What might the definition of the word be?*Update:* The Wikipedia page refers to "31 March 1901 Census" and I wrote "31 March 1901 British Census" in my question. I've now struck out *British* due to zpletan's census-records-of-Scotland comment.

Answer 1

Lethuel isn't a word that you will find in any dictionary and there will be no useful search results for the word because it is likely that "lethuel" was a typo or an OCR error (Optical Character Recognition) from scanning or poor transcription especially since the 1901 census was filled in by hand. The best way to know for sure would be to find a copy of the census online but i'm pretty sure that you are correct to assume that lethuel is a term used for a demonstrator or part time lecturer.

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