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The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
- Title
- The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
- Author
- Ogilvie, Sarah
- Publication
- London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.
- ©2023
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Details
- Description
- x, 368 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, pornographers, suffragists and queer couples."--Publisher's website.
- Subject
- Oxford English dictionary
- 1800-1899
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism
- Lexicography > Great Britain > Citizen participation
- Lexicographers > Biography
- English language > Lexicography > History > 19th century
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- English language > Lexicography
- Lexicographers
- Lexicography
- Political participation
- English language
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- First published in the US by Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: discovering the dictionary people -- A for archaeologist -- B for best contributor -- C for cannibal -- D for dictionary word nerds -- E for Europeans -- F for families -- G for glossotypists -- H for hopeless contributors -- I for inventors -- J for junkie -- K for kleptomaniac -- L for lunatics -- M for murderers -- N for New Zealanders -- O for outsiders -- P for pornographer -- Q for queers -- R for rain collectors -- S for suffragists -- T for tramps, the Sunday -- U for USA -- V for vicars (and vegetarians) -- W for women -- X for xenomaniacs (and Esperantists) -- Y for Yonge, Charlotte, and other novelists -- Z for zealots.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-2905
- ISBN
- 1784744948
- 9781784744946
- 178474493X
- 9781784744939
- 9781529195767 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1356571640
- Author
- Ogilvie, Sarah, author.
- Title
- The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.
- Publisher
- London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781529195767
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-2905