| LC control no. | n 82072956 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 |
| Variant(s) | Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 Murray, J. A. H. (James Augustus Henry), Sir, 1837-1915 Murray, James, Sir, 1837-1915 |
| Associated country | England Scotland |
| Associated place | Hawick (Scotland) London (England) |
| Birth date | 1837-02-07 |
| Death date | 1915-07-26 |
| Place of birth | Denholm (Scottish Borders, Scotland) |
| Place of death | Oxford (England) |
| Field of activity | Lexicography Philology Banks and banking |
| Affiliation | American Philosophical Society Mill Hill School (London, England) Philological Society (Great Britain) Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Hawick Archaeological Society Hawick High School (Hawick, Scotland) |
| Profession or occupation | Lexicographers Philologists Bank employees |
| Found in | His New English dictionary. OCLC, 10 October 2013 (usage: James A.H. Murray) Oxford dictionary of national biography, 10 October 2013 (Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry; born 7 February 1837 in Denholm, Roxburghshire; died 26 July 1915, Oxford; buried 30 July in Wolvercote cemetery, Oxford; lexicographer, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary) Wikipedia, viewed May 16, 2022: James Murray (lexicographer) (Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (7 February 1837 - 26 July 1915) was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death. James Murray was born in the village of Denholm near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, the eldest son of a draper, Thomas Murray. His brothers included Charles Oliver Murray and A. D. Murray, later editor of the Newcastle Daily Journal. He was christened plain "James Murray", but in 1855 he assumed the extra names "Augustus Henry" in order to distinguish himself from other James Murrays in the Hawick area. At seventeen he became a teacher at Hawick Grammar School (now Hawick High School) and three years later he was headmaster of the Subscription Academy there. In 1856, he was one of the founders of the Hawick Archaeological Society. Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. By 1869, Murray was on the council of the Philological Society, and by 1873 had given up his job at the bank and returned to teaching at Mill Hill School. He then published The Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland, which served to enhance his reputation in philological circles. In 1881, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. He died of pleurisy on 26 July 1915 and requested to be buried in Oxford beside the grave of his best friend, James Legge) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray_(lexicographer)> |
| Associated language | eng |
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