The Meaning of Everything

The Meaning of Everything
Author Simon Winchester
Language English
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
October 14, 2004
Pages 288
ISBN 978-0-19-517500-4

The Meaning of Everything is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester. It concerns the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary under the editorship of James Murray and others, one aspect of which Winchester had previously written about in The Surgeon of Crowthorne.

Sources

  • Poole, David (15 November 2003). "Words' worth". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  • Buckley Jr., William F. (12 October 2003). "You Could Look It Up". New York Times. Retrieved 13 November 2017.


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