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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Title
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
Author
Winchester, Simon.
Publication
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.

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Description
xi, 242 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Murray, James A. H. 1837-1915 > Friends and associates
  • Minor, William Chester
  • New English dictionary on historical principles
  • Oxford English dictionary
  • Psychiatric hospital patients > Great Britain > Biography
  • Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography
  • English language > Lexicography
  • English language > Etymology
  • United States > History > Veterans > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).
Call Number
JFD 99-4175
ISBN
0060175966
LCCN
98010204 //r98
OCLC
38425992
Author
Winchester, Simon.
Title
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
Imprint
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).
Research Call Number
JFD 99-4175
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