Overview of the OED Last Volume:1928 Pages:15,487 Entries:252,200 Definitions:414,800 Quotations used:1, Based on:5,000,000 quotations Republished:1933 Volumes:12 Added supplement:866 pages Jackson, Howard Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, p. 51.
OED Time Line Herbert Coleridge, first editor 1862?-?Frederick Furnivall, second editor James Murray, third editor 1884First publication of part of letter A (A to Ant) Henry Bradley, additional editor 1901William Alexander Craigie, additional editor 1914Charles Talbut Onions, additional editor 1928Last volume (V-Z) published 1933Retitled, republished, with supplement Jackson, Howard Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp
OED Time Line Robert Burchfield, editor for 2nd edition volume supplement 1984Edmund Weiner, editor (integrated 2nd ed./elect) 1986John Sinclair, co-editor Jackson, Howard Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp
OED Time Line OED2 published in book form Volumes: 20 Pages: 21,730 Text: 59 million words of text Entries: more than half million defined Quotations: more 2.4 million 1992CD-ROM OED2 (searchable) 1999second version CD-ROM OED2 2010OED3 due (part on line now; preface Wikipedia projects a 2037 completion date) Jackson, Howard Lexicography: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp