James Murray (lexicographer)

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Sir James Murray
Murray in the Scriptorium at Banbury Road, before 1910
Murray in the Scriptorium at Banbury Road, before 1910
BornJames Murray
(1837-02-07)7 February 1837
Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died26 July 1915(1915-07-26) (aged 78)
Oxford, England
OccupationAcademic, lexicographer, philologist
NationalityBritish
Spouse
  • Maggie Scott
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    (m. 1862; died 1865)​
  • Ada Agnes Ruthven
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    (m. 1867)​
Children11 (incl. Harold Murray and Oswyn Murray)

Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ˈmʌri/; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a British lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Dictionary Editors | Oxford English Dictionary". Oxford English Dictionary.
  2. ^ Burchfield, R. W. (2004). "Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837–1915), lexicographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35163. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)