What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford English Dictionary lived here 1885-1915 Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Oxford Civic Society.
Sir James Murray was a prominent philologist and lexicographer, best known as the chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary; his work significantly advanced historical and descriptive linguistics.
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