The Scot James Murray (1837-1915)
The first Oxford English Dictionary was published on February 1, 1884. The editor of the first Oxford English Dictionary was Herbert Coleridge, but he died before it was finished and was replaced by Frederick Furnivall.
between 1918 and 1920 J.R.R tolkien was a Junior Editor staff of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Famous English lexicographers include Samuel Johnson, who published "A Dictionary of the English Language" in 1755, setting a high standard for future dictionaries. Another notable figure is James Murray, the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, which began publication in the late 19th century and is renowned for its comprehensive coverage of English vocabulary. Other significant lexicographers include Noah Webster, known for his American English dictionary, and Robert Cawdrey, who created one of the first English dictionaries in 1604.
Almost none of the information on the world wide web is checked by an editor for truth. Much of the information on Answers.com is wrong. Almost anyone can put in an answer. Generally Wikipedia is good. It is checked by an editor. Still, it is not accurate enough that a court will allow it to be used as primary evidence. If you want something accurate enough to use in court, you will need to pay for it. The Encyclopedia Britannica costs Money. The Oxford English Dictionary costs money. The Mariam Webster Unabridged Dictionary costs money. Anything acceptable in court costs money.
Edited by Jane Turner
David English - editor - died in 1998.
David English - editor - was born in 1931.
The Cambridge Dictionary is a publication of Cambridge University Press, a department of the University of Cambridge. It is a collaborative effort by a team of lexicographers, editors, and language experts who work to compile and update the dictionary. The specific writer or writers of the Cambridge Dictionary may vary depending on the edition or specific entries, but it is ultimately a collective work rather than the product of a single author.
Probably not. There always seems to be a few words which can be found in one dictionary which are not found in others. What unabridged means is that the dictionary contains all the words which the dictionary writer wrote definitions for. An abridged dictionary contains only those words that an editor thought you would likely need to look up, and leaves out those which are extremely technical or obsolete.
The origin of the word English word "tip" is not clear. One popular theory says it's is an acronym of "to insure promptness." Jesse Sheidlower, Principal Editor in North America for the Oxford English Dictionary, says that's wrong, because acronyms weren't popular in English until the 1920s. "'Tip," says Sheidlower, "began as a verb in the seventeenth century, used in the language of thieves, meaning 'to give'." By the early eighteenth century, the meaning included "to give a gratuity to a servant or employee".
The German word die Redaktorin means editor(a female editor) in English.
The first page of a dictionary usually contains the title of the dictionary, publication information, possibly an introduction or preface, and information on how to use the dictionary.