The Dictionary People Adrian Magson 'The past is never dead

'The past is never dead

Now reissued in a new cover style

recollections of an Irish childhood linked to an account of a journey there today

A chain of intrigue

The Dictionary People Adrian Magson 'The past is never dead'[An] astonishing book' Sunday Times What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By 1928, its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and