James A. H. Murray
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James A. H. Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James A. H. Murray canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) – declined knighthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holywell Cemetery, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pleurisy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1837-02-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1915-07-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hawick Grammar School
NERFINISHED
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University of Edinburgh (honorary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Oxford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfOEDEditorship | 1915 ⓘ |
| familyName | Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| fullName | James Augustus Henry Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dictionary ⓘ |
| givenName |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
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Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ James ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of James Murray (facsimile) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Dr. ⓘ |
| influenced | modern historical dictionaries of English ⓘ |
| knownFor | primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Philological Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | worked in a purpose-built "Scriptorium" for OED editing ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Charles Talbut Onions
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Henry Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ William Alexander Craigie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oxford English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
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philologist ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Philological Society
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chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Mill Hill, London
NERFINISHED
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ada Agnes Ruthven Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfOEDEditorship | 1879 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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