M (continued)

Müller, Max, 40

murder, in Oxford English Dictionary, 1–2

Murray, Ada, Lady (Ruthven), 36, 180, 198, 200, 215

Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir

appeal for volunteer readers, 113, 127–128, 130

appearance, 35, 177–178

bank clerk, work as, 35, 110

birth, 32

British Museum job application, 36–37

Cape Colony (South Africa), trip to, 196

childhood and adolescence, 32–34

children, 35, 36, 149

death, 207

Delegates of the Oxford University Press, meeting with, 40

Dialects of the Southern Counties of Scotland, 38

dictionary project, invitation to join, 40

dinner honoring, 163–167

as editor of Oxford English Dictionary

difficulties, 153

selection, 110–112

tenure, 32

unhappiness, 147

Ellis, Alexander, influence on Murray, 37–38

Encyclopædia Britannica, contribution to, 38

Furnival, Frederick, influence of, 39, 40

Johnson, Samuel, praise of, 98

knighted, 198

languages spoken, 32, 34, 36–37

lectures/speeches, 34, 36, 153, 165, 181

London, move to, 35

marriage, first (Maggie Scott), 34–35

marriage, second (Ada Ruthven), 36

Minor, William Chester

Murray compared to, 41, 44–45, 157, 177–178

Murray's contacts with, 174–181, 191

Murray's curiosity about, 160–161

Murray's farewell to, 200, 202

Murray's legendary meeting with, 168–174

Murray's praise of, 167, 182

Murray's relationship with, 129–130, 154–155, 156, 176, 195

Oxford, move to, 149

parents, 32, 45

Philogical Society, membership in, 38, 110

philology, interest in, 37–38

self-description, 32

siblings, 34

specimen sheets for Delegates of the Oxford University Press, 111

Sweet, Henry, influence of, 40

teaching positions, 34, 38, 146

Temperance League, membership in, 36

Murray, K. M. Elisabeth, 32, 173

Murray, Maggie (Scott), 34–35, 36

Mutual Improvement Institute (Hawick), 34

mysterious, in Oxford English Dictionary, ix

N

New Account of East Indies and Persia (Fryer), 159

New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. See Oxford English Dictionary (OED) [on this page]

Nicholson, Dr., treatment of Minor at Broadmoor, 176, 178, 180, 182, 185

O

oats, in Dictionary of the English Language, 95

Orange, William, treatment of Minor at Broadmoor, 117, 121, 126, 178

Oxford (England), Murray's residence in, 146

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

asylum in, 114

authority of, 26, 28

catchword in, 131

catchwords for, 134, 135, 136–137

coda in, 227

Coleridge as editor, 108–109

completion of

actual time to, 25, 103

announcement of, 219

estimated time to, 108–109, 112, 147–148, 206

criticisms of, 26, 27, 29, 221

dedication to Queen Victoria, 164

dénoument in, 163

diagnosis in, 205

Dictionary of the English Language compared to, 102–103

Dryden, John, quoted in, 28–29, 30, 31

early development, 107–108, 110

editions, history of, 25, 220

elephant in, 101–102

entries, number of, 26

entry, typical, 28

fascicles (volumes), 147–148, 163–164, 206, 220

first words in, 148

Furnival as editor, 109–110, 135

importance of, 27

last word in, 219

lost word, 27, 220

lunatic in, 43

masturbate in, 189

murder in, 1–2

mysterious in, ix

original name, its, 25, 108, 112

origins, 103, 108

philology in, 23

physical characteristics, 25, 149, 152, 220

polymath in, 23

poor in, 145–146

principles, guiding, 25–26, 104–106

protagonist in, 28–29, 30, 31

publisher selected, 111–112

quotation slips (see quotation slips) [on this page]

quotations in, 25–26, 28, 29, 105–106, 135, 220

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (continued)

Reynolds, Joshua, quoted in, 154

sales, 26, 220

Sayers, Dorothy L., quoted in, 31

second edition, 31, 220

sesquipedalian in, 75

Shaw, George Bernard, quoted in, 30

sponsors, 112

subeditors, 109, 151

supplements, 25, 30, 98, 220

terms defined in, total, 220

The Times, quoted in, 31

Trench's proposal for a new dictionary (1857), 103–107

volunteer readers (see volunteer readers)

word requests, 130

P

Pall Mall Gazette, 173

Palmer, Edwin, 40

patron, in Dictionary of the English Language, 97

Philological Society, 78, 153, 166, 181

Murray's membership in, 38, 110

purpose, 79

Trench's proposal for a new dictionary (1857), 103–107

philology, in Oxford English Dictionary, 23

Pinel, Philippe, 209, 210

polymath, in Oxford English Dictionary, 23

poor, in Dictionary of the English Language, 145–146

post-traumatic stress disorder, 213

protagonist

controversy over meaning of, 30

in Modern English Usage, 30

in Oxford English Dictionary, 28–29, 30, 31

Q

quotation slips

from Coleridge and Furnival's efforts, 135–136

format, 108, 109, 134–136

processing of, 108, 109, 150–152

submitted by Minor, 160, 181, 182

total submitted, 109

quotations in

Dictionary of the English Language, 96, 105–106

early Italian dictionaries, 105

Oxford English Dictionary, 25–26, 28, 29, 105–106, 135, 148, 220

R

readers. See volunteer readers

Red Lion Brewery (Lambeth), 7, 8, 10

Relation of Some Yeares Travaile (Thomas), 142

Reynolds, Joshua, quoted in Oxford English Dictionary, 154

Richelieu, Cardinal and duc de, 87

Ruskin, John, meeting with Minor, 15, 16

Ruthven, Ada. See Murray, Ada [on this page]