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  2. List of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Chief editors of the OED [1]; Name Dates of chief editorship Notes Herbert Coleridge: 1858–61: Preliminary work. Died in office. Frederick J. Furnivall

  3. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to ...

  4. Oxford Dictionary of English - Wikipedia

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    Oxford Dictionaries Online also includes the New Oxford American Dictionary, Oxford Thesaurus of English, Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus and grammar and usage resources. [6] The online version added more than 80,000 words from the OED in August 2015. [7]

  5. New Oxford American Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The New Oxford American Dictionary (NOAD) is a single-volume dictionary of American English compiled by American editors at the Oxford University Press.. NOAD is based upon the New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE), published in the United Kingdom in 1998, although with substantial editing, additional entries, and the inclusion of illustrations.

  6. Oxford English Dictionary - en.wikipedia.org

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    The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to ...

  7. James Murray (lexicographer) - Wikipedia

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    The blue plaque at 78 Banbury Road The erstwhile home of James Murray at 78 Banbury Road, Oxford: the blue plaque was installed in 2002. On 1 March 1879, a formal agreement was put in place to the effect that Murray was to edit a new English Dictionary, which would eventually become the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It was expected to take ...

  8. William Chester Minor - Wikipedia

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    In July 1915, the Washington D.C. Sunday Star published a "sensationalized" story beginning with the line "American Murderer Helped Write Oxford Dictionary". [1] The book The Surgeon of Crowthorne (published in America as The Professor and the Madman ), by Simon Winchester , was published in 1998 and chronicles both Minor's later life and his ...

  9. The Dictionary People - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2023 book by Sarah Ogilvie. The book examines the volunteer contributors who responded to public appeals by the Oxford English Dictionary for words.

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