Sir James Murray - Oxford, Oxfordshire
Posted by: BruceS
N 51° 46.051 W 001° 15.690
30U E 619961 N 5736611
Blue plaque for former editor of the Oxford English Dictionary in Oxford.
Waymark Code: WM9VMF
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/01/2010
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Sir James Murray was a Scottish born lexicographer who served as the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death in 1915. He lived in this house from 1885-1915 and it was here that much of the work was done on the dictionary with himself and a small team in his Scriptorium.