TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ogilvie,Sarah
TI  - The dictionary people: the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary 
SN  - 9781784744939
U1  - 920.02 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Chatto & Windus
KW  - Oxford English dictionary
KW  - Encyclopedias and dictionaries
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Lexicography
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Citizen participation
KW  - English language
KW  - Etymology
KW  - Lexicographers
KW  - History
N2  - "The 'Oxford English Dictionary' has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted thirty-six years to the project, as far as the letter T. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By the time it was finished in 1928 its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from archaeologists and astronomers to murderers, naturists, novelists, pornographers, queer couples, suffragists, vicars, and vegetarians. Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED."--
ER  -