James Murray
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915) was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He had no formal education after the age of fourteen but became a respected scholar by private study. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879.
He had eleven children, the eldest Harold James Ruthven Murray becoming a prominent chess historian.
His biography was written by his granddaughter:
- Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary, K. M. Elisabeth Murray, Yale University Press, 2001, trade paperback, ISBN 0300089198
He is the professor in the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne (US title The Professor and the Madman). Dr. William Chester Minor, a volunteer who worked on the dictionary was the madman.
External link
- http://www.bikwil.zip.com.au/Vintage08/James-Murray.html
James Murray was lord of the Isle of Man from 1736-1764.
Referenced By
1736 | British Army | Charles Talbut Onions | Dr. W. C. Minor | HJR Murray | Harold James Ruthven Murray | Harold Murray | Lexicographer | List of Governors of the Isle of Man | List of Lords of the Isle of Man | List of people by name: Mu | Oxford Dictionary | Oxford English Dictionary | Quebec Act | The Crowd | Timeline of Quebec history (1760 to 1773) | William Chester Minor
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