The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
Publication details: London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.Description: x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781784744946 (paperback)
- 423.09 23
- PE1617.O94 O35 2023
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 423.09 OGI | Issued | 24/05/2024 | 072326 |
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First published in the US by Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the project, as far as the letter T. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By the time it was finished in 1928 its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from archaeologists and astronomers to murderers, naturists, novelists, pornographers, queer couples, suffragists, vicars and vegetarians.