The professor and the madman, a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
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- Murray, James A. H., James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries + History and criticism
- Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- Oxford English dictionary
- English language + Lexicography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Minor, William Chester
- English language + Etymology
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The professor and the madman, a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The professor and the madman
Oclc number
83977055
Responsibility statement
Simon Winchester
Sub title
a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Summary
Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Table of contents
The dead of the night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- The meeting of minds -- The unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments
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