James A. H. Murray
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James A. H. Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James A. H. Murray canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7595588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. H. Murray Context triple: [Wolvercote Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, James A. H. Murray]
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A.
Reginald S. Macdonald
Reginald S. Macdonald was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
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B.
Ernest J. H. Mackay
Ernest J. H. Mackay was a British archaeologist best known for his pioneering excavations of major Indus Valley Civilization sites in the early 20th century.
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C.
Angus G. Wynne
Angus G. Wynne was an American real estate developer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Six Flags chain of amusement parks.
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D.
H. A. Prichard
H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
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E.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. H. Murray Target entity description: James A. H. Murray was a Scottish lexicographer best known as the primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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A.
Reginald S. Macdonald
Reginald S. Macdonald was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Dent d'Hérens in the Alps.
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B.
Ernest J. H. Mackay
Ernest J. H. Mackay was a British archaeologist best known for his pioneering excavations of major Indus Valley Civilization sites in the early 20th century.
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C.
Angus G. Wynne
Angus G. Wynne was an American real estate developer and entrepreneur best known for creating the Six Flags chain of amusement parks.
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D.
H. A. Prichard
H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
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E.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril J. Mockridge was a British-born American film composer and arranger best known for his extensive work scoring Hollywood films for 20th Century Fox during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
ⓘ
editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) – declined knighthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holywell Cemetery, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pleurisy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1837-02-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1915-07-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hawick Grammar School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Edinburgh (honorary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Oxford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfOEDEditorship | 1915 ⓘ |
| familyName | Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ |
| fullName | James Augustus Henry Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dictionary ⓘ |
| givenName |
Augustus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ James ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of James Murray (facsimile) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Dr. ⓘ |
| influenced | modern historical dictionaries of English ⓘ |
| knownFor | primary editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Philological Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | worked in a purpose-built "Scriptorium" for OED editing ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Charles Talbut Onions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ William Alexander Craigie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oxford English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
ⓘ
philologist ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Philological Society
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chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Mill Hill, London
NERFINISHED
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Ada Agnes Ruthven Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfOEDEditorship | 1879 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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