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Ada Agnes Ruthven. . (m. 1867) . Children. 11 (incl. Harold Murray and Oswyn Murray) Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ ˈmʌri /; 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. [1][2]
Battles/wars. Battle of the Wilderness. William Chester Minor (also known as W. C. Minor; 22 June 1834 – 26 March 1920) was an American army surgeon, psychiatric hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher. After serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Minor moved to England. Affected by delusions, he shot a man who he ...
Murray, the eldest of eleven children, was born near Peckham Rye in Peckham, London. The son of Sir James Murray, the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, he attended school at Mill Hill and, in his spare time, helped his father produce the first edition of the OED. By the time Harold had finished school and was preparing to leave for ...
James Murray (physician) Sir James Murray. Sir James Murray (1788–1871) was an Irish physician, whose research into digestion led to his discovery of the stomach aid Milk of Magnesia in 1809. He later studied in electrotherapy and led the research into the causes of cholera and other epidemics as a result of exposure to natural electricity.
1602–1607: Sir David Cunningham of Robertland, also Surveyor of the King's Works in England, 1604–1606. [9] 1607–1634: Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton; 1615: Walter Murray (Assistant Master of Works) 1629–1637: Sir Anthony Alexander; 1632: William Govane of Cardrona and James Murray Jr. (Assistant Masters of Works)
Thomas the Rhymer. Sir Thomas de Ercildoun, better remembered as Thomas the Rhymer (fl. c. 1220 – 1298 [1]), also known as Thomas Learmont or True Thomas, was a Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune") in the Borders. [2] Thomas' gift of prophecy is linked to his poetic ability.
General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO (23 April 1860 – 21 January 1945) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in August 1914 but appears to have suffered a physical breakdown in the retreat from Mons, and was ...
Bradley came to James Murray's attention in February 1884 when he reviewed the first fascicle of the OED, A–Ant, in the Academy. Bradley's review praised the clear format and simple design of the dictionary and its economy in using quotations, but it also challenged Murray's etymology, and this caused quite a stir. At the time, Bradley was an ...