The Dictionary People

三名凶手、卡尔·马克思的女儿和一位素食主义牧师有什么共同点？

他们都参与编撰了牛津英语词典。

牛津英语词典长期以来一直与精英机构和维多利亚时代的男性联系在一起。但词典并不只属于专家；它依赖于公众的贡献。到 1928 年，词典中的 414,825 个条目已由一群令人惊讶的多元化人士众包而成，从天文学家到凶手、裸体主义者、色情作家、妇女参政主义者。

词典编纂者 Sarah Ogilvie 深入研究了以前未开发的档案，讲述了牛津英语词典的民间历史。在这里，她揭示了世界上知名的书籍之一的制作过程，并赞扬了词典人员的非凡努力。

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 diverse group of people, from astronomers to murderers, naturists, suffragists and queer couples.

Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED. Here, she reveals, for the first time, the full story of the making of one of the most famous books in the world - and celebrates the extraordinary efforts of the Dictionary People.