who invented the dictionary??

Question

who invented the dictionary.....the name of the person and how he invented it and were he invented it........the year it was invented it and how old was he when he invented it........

Answer 1

No one person gets this credit. Samuel Johnson is most often credited with this task, but it's not true - not even he claimed it to be so. One of the earliest known dictionaries - and it's still around - was written in Latin and compiled during the reign of Augustus. The Chinese had a dictionary in the third century B.C.

In 1604 Robert Cawdrey created the first English language dictionary and in 1656 Thomas Blount also published a dictionary. Johnson didn't crank his out until 1755.

In 1806 the Americans put the British to shame when Noah Webster compiled his dictionary of the English language. It became a best seller and drove the British Philological Society to begin compiling a comprehensive dictionary, which would later become the Oxford English Dictionary. It took more than a century and several different editors to get the thing published in full form. The first edition was actually worked on from 1860 to 1952, though plans went back earlier. The most famous editor was James Murray, a man of working class origins. However, he neither began the project nor saw it complete. He did, however, create a successful methodology for getting the project done.

Answer 2

Who Invented The Dictionary

Answer 3

Who Created The Dictionary

Answer 4

Robert Crawdrey invented the dictionary.

Answer 5

James Murray in 1857 Compiled the dictionary as we know it today though there were attempts before that.There is a number of books on it by Simon Winchester The Surgeon of Crawthorn is probably the most interesting.

Answer 6

I don't know.

Try reading Simon Winchesters book, "The proffesor and the Madman."

Its a fun read and tells about the OED, they compiled it with volunteer effort, now they charge us just to look up a word online.

Pretty soon maybe they will charge us $1 to fart.

I would guess that the first one would be Phonecian since that was the first written language if I'm not mistaken. It would be cuneiform, wedge shapes on clay.

Answer 7

Samuel Johnson, in London, back in the 1700's. It took him 7 or 8 years to write it. He was middle aged.

Answer 8

Dr. Samuel Johnson - 18th century

Answer 9

What's up, just wanted to mention, I enjoyed this discussion. very inspiring replies

Answer 10

I think that's correct