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Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ ˈ m ʌr i /; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a British lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) from 1879 until his death.
OED editor James Murray in his Scriptorium. Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie worked as an editor on the third edition of the OED. Towards the end of 2014, [3] nearing the end of her employment with the OED, she found three of James Murray's handwritten address books [4] in the basement archive of the Oxford University Press. Murray recorded the ...
It was many years before the OED ' s editor, James Murray, learned of Minor's history and visited him in January 1891 (as well as many times thereafter). In 1899, Murray paid compliment to Minor's enormous contributions to the dictionary, stating, "we could easily illustrate the last four centuries from his quotations alone". [14] [15]
The film is about professor James Murray, who in 1879 became director of an Oxford University Press project, The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (now known as the Oxford English Dictionary) and the man who became his friend and colleague, W. C. Minor, a doctor who submitted more than 10,000 entries while he was confined at ...
James Murray (lexicographer) (1837–1915), Scottish lexicographer and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary James M. Murray (fl. 1990s–2020s), director of the U.S. Secret Service James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (died 1658), an Earl of Annandale
Auburn's James Murray has won the NIC-10 title in the 500-yard freestyle, swimming's longest event, the last two years. But he doesn't really like it.
Most medieval images of scribing show single figures in well-appointed studies, ... James Murray (lexicographer) Category. Books by century; References
Over the past year, a number of high-profile companies have done about-faces on diversity, including Meta (), Walmart (), McDonald's (), Lowe’s (), Ford (), Tractor Supply (), and John Deere ...