The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary /

For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ogilvie, Sarah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023].
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Oxford English dictionary. Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism. English language > Lexicography > History > 19th century. English language > Etymology. Lexicographers > Biography. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative.

Table of 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.