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Caught in the web of words : James A. H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary

by K. M. Elisabeth Murray, R. W. Burchfield

A biography of the self-educated Scottish lexicographer who became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. It recounts the immense challenges, personalities, and collaborative effort involved in compiling this monumental work.

Accession 26095 ISBN 0300021313 Publisher Yale University Press
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