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Herbert "Herbie" Coleridge (7 October 1830 – 23 April 1861) was an English philologist, technically the first editor of what ultimately became the Oxford English Dictionary. He was a grandson of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Herbert Coleridge (1830-61) was the first editor of the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, later known as OED. He was the grandson of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and a scholar of medieval English literature and philology.
Coleridge was named as the original editor and he and Furnivall amassed a group of volunteer readers to scour English literature and extract quotations to illustrate the usage of words. These quotations were sent in on small pieces of paper collectively known as ‘slips’.
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Herbert Coleridge (1830–61), and after him Dr F. J. Furnivall, were the first editors. Their work consisted mainly in the collection of materials, and it was not until Dr J. A. H. Murray took the matter up in 1878 that the preparation of the dictionary began to take active form.
Coleridge was the first editor of the Philological Society’s proposed “New English Dictionary on Historical Principles”.
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