Sir James Murray (lexicographer)

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Scottish person editor human lexicographer philologist

Sir James Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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James Murray 3
Sir James Murray (lexicographer) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary degrees from multiple universities ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
burialPlace Holywell Cemetery, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath pleurisy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1837-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1915-07-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Hawick Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ
self-educated in multiple languages ⓘ
employer Oxford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1915 ⓘ
familyName Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork historical linguistics ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
fullName James Augustus Henry Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
James ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced subsequent editors of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
knownFor historical lexicography of the English language ⓘ
primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOf Philological Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature worked in a purpose-built Scriptorium in Oxford for OED editing ⓘ
notableWork Oxford English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChildren 11 ⓘ
occupation lexicographer ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Mill Hill, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Ada Agnes Ruthven Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1879 ⓘ

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Aberdeen Grammar School → hasNotableAlumnus → Sir James Murray (lexicographer) ⓘ
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles → editorInChief → Sir James Murray (lexicographer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Murray
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles → editor → Sir James Murray (lexicographer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Murray
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles → notableContributor → Sir James Murray (lexicographer) ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Murray