Sarah Ogilvie teaches at the University of Oxford, and specializes in language, dictionaries, and technology. As a lexicographer she has been an editor at the Oxford English Dictionary and was Chief Editor of Oxford Dictionaries in Australia. As a technologist she has worked in Silicon Valley at Lab 126, Amazon's innovation lab, where she was part of the team that developed the Kindle. She originally studied computer science and mathematics before taking her doctorate in Linguistics at the University of Oxford, and then taught at Cambridge and Stanford.
Marvellous… An unmissable, wonderful achievement
*Stephen Fry*
Proof that not only do our words have extraordinary lives, but so
do the people who have documented them for us. A lively,
entertaining, and illuminating read. I loved it
*Susie Dent*
Utterly fascinating, entertaining, astonishing and as clever as a
box of monkeys... I am bowled over by Sarah Ogilvie's book and
every home should have a copy. I completely love it
*Joanna Lumley*
Astonishing
*Kathryn Hughes, The Sunday Times*
Who knew such mysteries lay behind the Oxford English Dictionary?
This is a fascinating, unique and original book which uncovers the
people behind the words. A jaw-dropping cross-section of society
are revealed for the first time in all their complexity
*Janina Ramirez, author of Femina*
Fascinating
*Observer*
Exquisitely written ... A lively, funny book full of eccentrics
*Jamaica Kincaid*
The Dictionary People is a fascinating read for anyone with an
interest in dictionaries, social history or just people. Sarah
Ogilvie has found a great subject and done it justice
*Literary Review*
Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising story
of the making of the OED. Philologists, fantasists, crackpots,
criminals, career spinsters, suffragists, and Australians: here is
a wonder-book for word-lovers
*Jeanette Winterson*
The story of the first complete Oxford English Dictionary…and the
hundreds of men and women who were instrumental in its creation…
Ogilvie does a marvellous job of bringing them all to life… It’s
surprisingly moving: I found myself in tears at the end. I think
any lover of words would enjoy this as much as I did
*Guardian*
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