Originally, the dictionary was unconnected to the university; it was a project conceived in [[London]], by the [[Philological Society]], when [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], [[Herbert Coleridge]], and [[Frederick James Furnivall|Frederick Furnivall]] were dissatisfied with the available English dictionaries. | Originally, the dictionary was unconnected to the university; it was a project conceived in [[London]], by the [[Philological Society]], when [[Richard Chenevix Trench]], [[Herbert Coleridge]], and [[Frederick James Furnivall|Frederick Furnivall]] were dissatisfied with the available English dictionaries. |