sir james augustus henry murray

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Definition von sir james augustus henry murray im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born Feb. 7, 1837, Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scot. died July 26, 1915, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. Scottish lexicographer. He taught in a grammar school (1855-85). His Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland (1873) and a major article on English for Encyclopædia Britannica (1878) established him as a leading philologist. He was hired by the Philological Society as editor of the vast New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, later called the Oxford English Dictionary, in 1879, and he applied himself to the work with legendary energy and resourcefulness. The first volume appeared in 1884, and by his death he had completed about half the dictionary

Silbentrennung

sir James Au·gus·tus Hen·ry Mur·ray

Türkische aussprache

sır ceymz ıgʌstıs henri mıri

Aussprache

/ˈsər ˈʤāmz əˈgəstəs ˈhenrē ˈmərē/ /ˈsɜr ˈʤeɪmz əˈɡʌstəs ˈhɛnriː ˈmɜriː/