James Murray (lexicographer)
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Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA was a British lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death.
Murray in the Scriptorium at Banbury Road, before 1910
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.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press, a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which began
James Murray (lexicographer)
…Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (; 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. James Murray was born in the village of Denholm near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, the eldest son of a draper, Thomas…
Seven of the twenty volumes of the printed second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
William Chester Minor, 1834–1920
A quotation slip as used in the compilation of the OED, illustrating the word flood