James Murray (lexicographer)

Sir James Murray
Murray in the Scriptorium at Banbury Road, before 1910
Born	James Murray (1837-02-07)7 February 1837 Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died	26 July 1915(1915-07-26) (aged 78) Oxford, England
Occupation	Academic, lexicographer, philologist
Nationality	British
Spouse	Maggie Scott ​ ​ (m. 1862; died 1865)​ Ada Agnes Ruthven ​ (m. 1867)​
Children	11 (incl. Harold Murray and Oswyn Murray)

Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, FBA (/ˈmʌri/; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a British lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death.^[1][2]