A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

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1888

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, compiled under editors James Murray, Henry Bradley, William Craigie, and C. T. Onions, is the foundational edition of what would become the Oxford English Dictionary. Documenting English vocabulary through historical quotations tracing each word's evolution in meaning and usage, it remains one of the most influential and comprehensive dictionaries ever produced in the English language.

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James Augustus Henry Murray

Henry Bradley

Sir William Alexander Craigie

Charles Talbut Onions

Charles Talbut Onions was a British lexicographer and scholar. He is best known for "Shakespeare's England," a comprehensive study that illuminates the language and culture of the Elizabethan era.

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