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date: 16 March 2025

Murray, Sir James (1837–1915) 

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The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Author(s):
Dinah BirchDinah Birch, Katy HooperKaty Hooper

Lexicographer, appointed editor of the *Oxford English Dictionary in 1879. He laid down the lines on which the work was to be compiled, and persevered through many difficulties. There is a detailed account of the dictionary's composition in ... ...

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