Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death. Son of a village tailor in Roxburghshire, Scotland. In 1878 he was invited to Oxford to take on the job of editor of a new dictionary of the English language which he continued until his death. His aspiration was to finish the dictionary but it was not fulfilled until 1928. After 35 years of work, the dictionary was still incomplete when he died.
He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death. Son of a village tailor in Roxburghshire, Scotland. In 1878 he was invited to Oxford to take on the job of editor of a new dictionary of the English language which he continued until his death. His aspiration was to finish the dictionary but it was not fulfilled until 1928. After 35 years of work, the dictionary was still incomplete when he died.
He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
He married his 1st wife Maggie Scott in 1861 she was a music teacher. Two years later, they had a daughter Anna, who died shortly after of tuberculosis, then known as consumption. Maggie, too, fell ill with the same disease, and on the advice of doctors, the couple moved to London to escape the Scottish winters. Once there, Murray took an administrative job with the Chartered Bank of India while continuing in his spare time to pursue his many and varied academic interests. Maggie died within a year of arrival in London. A year later Murray was engaged to Ada Agnes Ruthven and the following year married her.
Sir James and Ada Murray had 11 children and they all lived until adulthood.
Contributor: Shawn Page Larimore (47833931)
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SIR JAMES A. H. MURRAY L. L. D.
EDITOR OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
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