Three Dictionaries

When:
September 17, 2018 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
2018-09-17T10:00:00-05:00
2018-09-17T11:30:00-05:00
Where:
Downtown Library, Auditorium

Instructor: Paul A. Hays

This course describes the English language dictionaries created by Samuel Johnson in 1755; the creation of the American language dictionary by Noah Webster in 1828, which includes his development of the American copyright system; and the development of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), over 70 years in preparation, with help from an American certified lunatic.