The Oxford English Dictionary relied on contributions by volunteers from around the world. “The Dictionary People,” by Sarah Ogilvie, tells the fascinating story.

Not only can you purchase the home where J. R. R. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit," and the bulk of "The Lord of the Rings," if you live in the Oxford neighborhood with kids, your children may attend ...

14. What was the first word Tolkien worked on in the Oxford English Dictionary? After the war, Tolkien became Junior Editor of the OED, working on definitions and etymologies.

The dictionary’s contributors are an engaging cast, including three murderers, a vegetarian vicar, one of Karl Marx ’s daughters and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The most surprising thing was the Irish-English Dictionary. It was displayed in Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries in the middle of the new Tolkien exhibition.

Tolkien worked for the Oxford English Dictionary working on the etymologies of the words ranging from ‘waggle’ to ‘warlock.’ He seemed to have a particularly difficult time with the word ...

How does one track a language evolving so fast? Efforts have involved JRR Tolkein, K-dramas, and a red post box that still stands outside a home in Oxford.

Tolkien was a noted scholar and linguist before he was a published novelist, laboring on the Oxford English Dictionary and then embarking upon a long career at Oxford University, where he was ...

Tolkien’s first words JRR Tolkien’s fictions grew out of a gift for language and a passion for male friendship, tempered by the horrors of the Western Front.

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