Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
James Murray
Standard Name: Murray, James
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1 March 1879: James Murray was appointed editor of the...
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1 March 1879
James Murray
was appointed editor of the new Oxford English Dictionary; soon afterwards he sent out 2,000 copies of a four-page invitation to volunteer readers who would collect words.
Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman. HarperCollins, 1998.
112-13
April 1879: James Murray—editor since 1 March of what...
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April 1879
James Murray
—editor since 1 March of what was to become the Oxford English Dictionary—issued an Appeal for readers to supply illustrative quotations.
Winchester, Simon. The Meaning of Everything. Oxford University Press, 2003.
93, 107, 109
1 February 1884: The first section (A-Ant) of A New English...
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1 February 1884
The first section (A-Ant) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, also known as the Oxford English Dictionary, was published.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
161
31 December 1927: The completion of the Oxford English Dictionary...
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31 December 1927
The completion of the Oxford English Dictionary was announced, forty-eight years after James Murray
became its editor.
Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman. HarperCollins, 1998.
