The Dictionary People: the Unsung Heroes who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2023
Author
Author: Sarah Ogilvie
Language
English
Number of Pages
370 pp.
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
City
New York, NY
Region
Europe
Oceania
United States
Demographics
LGBTQ
Women
Chronological Period
1800-1849
1850-1899
ISBN
9780593536407
Annotation

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
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