The Meaning of Everything
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The Meaning of Everything is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester
. It concerns the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary
under the editorship of James Murray
and others, one aspect of which Winchester had previously written about in The Surgeon of Crowthorne
.
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester, OBE , is a British-American author and journalist who resides mostly in the United States. Through his career at The Guardian, Winchester covered numerous significant events including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal...
. It concerns the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. Two fully bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. The first edition was published in twelve volumes , and...
under the editorship of James Murray
James Murray (lexicographer)
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death.-Life and learning:...
and others, one aspect of which Winchester had previously written about in The Surgeon of Crowthorne
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester that was first published in England in 1998...
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Sources
- Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 2003, ISBN 0-19-860702-4 (hardback). - Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-517500-X (paperback).