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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

โœ Scribed by Winchester, Simon

Publisher
Penguin Group UK
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
146 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060839789

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โœฆ Synopsis

The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in 1857, it was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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