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Author Ogilvie, Sarah, author.

Title The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary / Sarah Ogilvie.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

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 Avon Free Public Library - New Materials  423 OGILVIE    DUE 04-10-24
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  423 OGILVIE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult New Materials  423.092 OGILVIE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - New Materials  423.092 OGI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - New Materials  423.092 OGI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult New Materials  423 OGI    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Materials  423 OGILVIE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - New Book Area  NEW 423.092 OGI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  423.092 OGILVIE    DUE 04-09-24
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials  423.092 OGILVIE    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition.
Description x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "This is Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd, London, in 2023"--Title page verso.
Summary 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 and speak.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-352) and index.
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.
Subject Oxford English dictionary.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.
English language -- Etymology.
Lexicographers -- Biography.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Ogilvie, Sarah. Dictionary people London : Chatto & Windus, 2023 9781784744939
ISBN 9780593536407 (hardcover)
0593536401 (hardcover)
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