The following writers contributed to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Chief editors

Chief editors of the OED[1]
NameDates of chief editorshipNotes
Herbert Coleridge1858–61Preliminary work. Died in office.
Frederick J. Furnivall1861–70Preliminary work. Resigned.
James Murray 1879–19151st edition. Died in office.
Henry Bradley1915–231st edition. Joined 1887. Died in office.
William Craigie1923–331st edition and 1st Supplement, jointly with Onions. Joined 1901.
Charles Talbut Onions1923–331st edition and 1st Supplement, jointly with Craigie. Joined 1914.
Robert Burchfield1957–862nd Supplement
Edmund Weiner1985–892nd edition jointly with Simpson; also worked on 3rd edition. Joined 1977.
John Simpson 1985–20132nd edition jointly with Weiner; 3rd edition chief editor from 1993. Joined 1976.
Michael Proffitt2013–3rd edition. Joined 1989.

Other contributors

See also

References

  1. "Dictionary Editors". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 6 March 2017.; "Dictionary milestones in reverse order". Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dirda, Michael (11 October 2023). "The most influential crowdsourcing project happened long before Wikipedia". Washington Post.
  3. Hay, Daisy (19 October 2023). "Rare, Obsolete, New, Peculiar". London Review of Books.
  4. Keane, Erin (22 October 2023). "Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary". Salon.
  5. Duncan, Dennis (13 October 2023). "In the Beginning Were the Word Nerds". The New York Times.
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