Who invented the dictionary??
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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........
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Answer:
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.
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Other answers
Samuel Johnson, in London, back in the 1700's. It took him 7 or 8 years to write it. He was middle aged.
Ted Pack
Dr. Samuel Johnson - 18th century
brainstorm
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.
stephen m
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