James Murray (leksikografer)
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ˈmʌri/; 7 Februari 1837 – 26 Juli 1915) adalah seorang leksikografer dan filologis asal Skotlandia. Ia adalah penyunting utama Oxford English Dictionary (OED) dari 1879 sampai kematiannya.[1][2]
Sir James Murray | |
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| Lahir | James Murray 7 Februari 1837 Denholm, Skotlandia |
| Meninggal | 26 Juli 1915 (umur 78) Oxford, Oxfordshire, Inggris |
| Pekerjaan | Akademisi, leksikografer |
| Kebangsaan | Skotlandia |
Referensi
- ^ "Dictionary Editors | Oxford English Dictionary". Oxford English Dictionary.
- ^ "Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837–1915), lexicographer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" (dalam bahasa Inggris). doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35163.
Bacaan tambahan
- Murray, KM Elisabeth (1977), Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary (biography), Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-08919-8 (his granddaughter).
- Ogilvie, Sarah (2012), Words of the World: a global history of the Oxford English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107021839. (later editor on dictionary)
- Winchester, Simon (2003), The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, OUP, ISBN 0-19-860702-4.
- Murray is also the "professor" referred to in ———, The Surgeon of Crowthorne (US: The Professor and the Madman), even though he was never actually granted a professorship by Oxford. Dr. William Chester Minor, a volunteer who worked on the dictionary, was the "madman".
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai James Murray (lexicographer).
Wikisumber memiliki karya asli dari atau mengenai:
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography website entry for James Murray
- Crime Library biography with photographs
- Broadmoor's Word-Finder (on Minor and Murray)
- Biography at Bikwil.com
- Biography at Denholm Village's website
- Blue plaque to Murray on his Banbury Road home
- Karya James Murray di Project Gutenberg
- Karya oleh/tentang James Murray di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)