William A. Craigie

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William A. Cragie

Sir William Alexander Craigie (born August 13, 1867 in Dundee , † September 2, 1957 in Watlington , Oxfordshire ) was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer.

Craigie graduated from St Andrews University in 1888 and then from Balliol College, Oxford University. In 1897 he became a member of the staff of the OED Henry Bradley's second editor . He first edited the letter G. In 1901 he became the third editor to succeed Bradley. He edited the letters N, Q, R, Si-Sq, U, V, and Wo-Wy and about a third of the 1933 supplement.

He was the third editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (Joint editor 1901-33) and with Charles Talbut Onions editor of the first supplement (1933). From 1923 to 1936 he was the chief editor of the Historical Dictionary of American English , which appeared from 1936 to 1944. To work on the dictionary of American English, he accepted a professorship at the University of Chicago in 1925, which he remained until 1936. He was also working on a third enzylopedia project, his Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue , which he worked on from 1936 to two years before his death. He got to the letter I before handing over to his successor in 1955.

Like James Murray and Henry Bradley, he had a very good knowledge of other languages, especially Celtic, older Scottish languages ​​and older Scandinavian languages, especially Icelandic.

From 1916 to 1925 he was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University . He previously taught Scandinavian languages ​​there. In 1931 he became a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy . Since 1942 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

He built a mansion on Langskaill on Gairsay . After completing the first edition of the OED, he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in 1928 .

Works

  • The growth of American English (1940)
  • The northern element in English literature (1933)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 17, 2020 .
  2. ^ Member History: William A. Craigie. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Knights and Dames at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
personal data
SURNAME Craigie, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craigie, William Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish philologist and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Dundee
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1957
Place of death Watlington , Oxfordshire