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A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.
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Caught in the Web of Words, Katharine Maud Elisabeth Murray
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- Caught in the Web of Words
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 462
- ISBN10
- 0300089198
- ISBN13
- 9780300089196
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, History, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Languages, Linguistics, About Books
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- A biography of James Murray, the first editor of the "Oxford English Dictionary". It provides an account of his life, along with how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned.