James Murray (lexicographer) Summary

The British general James Murray (1721-1794) came to prominence during the campaigns against the French in North America. After the fall of Quebec, he became its first English military governor and th... Read more

In the following review, Garnett compares and contrasts Murray's A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles to An Anglo-Saxon Dicitonary, finding Murray's work the more valuable. ... Read more

In the following essay, the critic unfavorably compares James Wilson's Lowland Scotch to what the critic considers the superior work, Murray's Account of the Dialect of the Southern Coun... Read more

In the following essay, Bell recounts Murray's efforts to compile and publish the Oxford English Dictionary. Caught in the web of words: James Murray and the Oxford English dictionary, K M Elis... Read more