John Ogilvie (/ˈoʊɡəlvi/; 17 April 1797 – 21 November 1867) was a Scottish lexicographer who edited the Imperial Dictionary of the English Language.
[1] After receiving some elementary education at home, and attending the parish school for two quarters, Ogilvie worked as a ploughman until he was twenty-one.
[1] He remained in Aberdeen as a tutor until 13 May 1831, when he was appointed mathematical master in Gordon's Hospital, an educational establishment in the city.
The result appeared as the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technical, and Scientific, issued in parts from 1847 onwards, and published complete in 1850, and supplement 1855.
[1] In 1863 Ogilvie issued an abridgment of the 'Dictionary,’ under the title 'Comprehensive English Dictionary, Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Etymological,’ the pronunciation being supervised by Richard Cull.
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