1. Murray and further assistants

2. The Murray family 1915

3. The first fascicle, 1884

4. Benjamin Jowett, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (‘My name is Benjamin Jowett; there is no knowledge but I know it’)

5. Poem celebrating completion of ‘C’ Wherever the English language is spread, And the Union Jack flies free, The news will be gratefully, proudly read, That you’ve conquered your A, B, C, But I fear it will come As a shock to some That the sad result will be That you’re taking to dabble and dawdle and doze, To dolour and dumps, and – worse than those – To danger and drink, And – shocking to think – To words that begin with a D.

6. James Murray in front of his OED

7. Dictionary making 1860-1928 English Etymological Dictionary (W. Skeat) English Dialect Dictionary (J. Wright) Oxford English Dictionary (J. Murray) etc.

8. Joseph ‘Dialect’ Wright

9. Three dictionary men Joseph Wright James Murray Walter Skeat

10. Murray’s 2 nd in command: Henry Bradley