WebSir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ ˈ m ʌr i /; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist.He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death.

WebJames Murray (historian) (1732-1782), Church of Scotland minister, religious author and historian; James Murray (lexicographer) (1837–1915), Scottish lexicographer and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary; James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (died 1658), an Earl of Annandale; Several Murray baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

WebSet around the Scriptorium, first home of the OED, and the life of great lexicographer James Murray and his team of assistants. A real tear-jerker, it draws the reader in, perfect holiday book. Underpinned by a series of sobering reflections on how language is enabled and limited by gender, power and social class, against the backdrop of the ...

WebPeter Mark Roget LRCP FRS FRCP FGS FRAS (UK: / ˈ r ɒ ʒ eɪ / US: / r oʊ ˈ ʒ eɪ /; 18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer and founding secretary of The Portico Library. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, a classified collection …

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WebIn this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to …

WebThe lexicographer James Murray started work on the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879, whilst teaching at Mill Hill School. He had a building built in the school grounds to house the quotation slips and his small editorial staff. …

WebJames Fletcher (1852–1908) – Canadian entomologist, botanist and writer; Aubyn Trevor-Battye (1855–1922) – zoologist and writer; Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933) – lexicographer; Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) – mathematician and philosopher; Herbert Baker (1862–1946) – South Africa architect; Baillie Scott (1865–1945 ...

WebSet around the Scriptorium, first home of the OED, and the life of great lexicographer James Murray and his team of assistants. A real tear-jerker, it draws the reader in, perfect holiday book. Underpinned by a series of sobering reflections on how language is enabled and limited by gender, power and social class, against the backdrop of the ...

WebWilliam Smith (lexicographer) (1813–1893), English lexicographer; William Robertson Smith (1846–1894), philologist, physicist, archaeologist, and Biblical critic; ... William James Lanyon Smith, New Zealand naval officer; William Osborne Smith ... William Ernest Smith (1890–1973), mayor of Murray, Utah, 1946–1947; William F. Smith (New ...