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    The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
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    1. chrisaldrich 08 Feb 2024
      He was an early ecologicalactivist, warning against human-induced climate change before anyone else,and publishing in 1864 Man and Nature: or, Physical Geography as Modifiedby Human Action.

      Cross reference The Parrot and the Igloo.

      George Marsh climate change ecological activists 1864 human induced climate change
    2. chrisaldrich 08 Feb 2024
      in 1864, Webster’s Unabridged was published and it marked animportant moment in modern lexicography: no longer the idiosyncratic workof one man, this dictionary was the product of a collaborative team withNoah Porter as Chief Editor and the German scholar Carl A. F. Mahn asetymologist
      dictionaries collaboration Noah Porter Carl A. F. Mahn Webster's dictionary 1864 history

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