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Sarah Ogilvie

Sarah Ogilvie is a Senior Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Oxford. Her book, The Dictionary People (Chatto & Windus 2023), tells the story of Joseph Wright and the other unsung heroes who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary.

Articles by Sarah Ogilvie

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