Thursday was Wolvercote Cemetery and the resting place of my hero James Murray, the longest-serving Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 up to his death in 1915. Before moving to ...

In July 1915 an ailing James Murray (pictured), one of the early editors of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), defined one final word. He had dedicated 36 years to the dictionary; his toil had ...

In 1977, the OED’s major editor, Sir James Murray ... The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary,” Murray’s editorial work depended on an army of some 3,000 unpaid ...

But in the eyes of its editor James Murray, the very first volume ... One word, however, slipped through the cracks. Oxford English Dictionary entry slips | Media Specialist, Flickr // CC BY ...

Linguist, lexicographer, and Oxford professor Sarah Ogilvie joined us to share her new book--"The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary"-- which celebrates ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is not your everyday dictionary ... It wasn’t until Dr. James Murray, a philologist, took over that the modern OED began taking shape. Murray was in all respects ...

It took more than 70 years and tons of volunteer labor to create “the definitive record of the English ... Dr. James Murray, a philologist, took the helm as the dictionary’s principal editor ...

Yet, pioneer though Johnson undoubtedly was, it is Scottish lexicographer Sir James Murray, the first editor of The Oxford English Dictionary, who deserves this accolade. It is James Murray’s ...

he had been contacted by the editor James Murray to assist with compiling what would become the Oxford English Dictionary. That morning Ellis was reading proof sheets for the first section of the ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is what’s called a historical dictionary. Along with definitions, it includes evidence of a word’s origins and notes how its usage and meaning have changed over time.