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Sir James Augustus Henry Murray

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Sir James Augustus Henry Murray 1837-1915, English lexicographer. In 1879 he assumed the editorship of the New English Dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary ), which was his life's work (see dictionary ). Murray was a guiding force in this compilation, a triumph of modern scholarship, and its general plan and much of the work on details are to be credited to him.

Bibliography: See studies by K. M. E. Murray (1977) and S. Winchester (2003).

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