James Murray
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈmʌri/
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈmɜːri/
- (1837-1915) a Scottish lexicographer (= writer of dictionaries) who is mainly remembered as the first editor of The New Oxford English Dictionary (later called The Oxford English Dictionary), published between 1884 and 1933
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James Murray