The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
by Winchester, Simon.
Print Book 1999 |
Available at 4 Libraries 4 of 4 copies |
Summary
The shocking story of the single greatest contributor to the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1857 reveals that the man who contributed 10,000 definitions to the book was in fact a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
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Additional Information
Subjects |
Murray, James A. H.
-- (James Augustus Henry),
-- 1837-1915
-- Friends and associates.
Minor, William Chester. Oxford English dictionary. New English dictionary on historical principles. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography. Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism. Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography. English language -- Lexicography. English language -- Etymology. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography. |
Publisher | New York :HarperPerennial,1999 |
Edition | First Harperperennial edition. |
Language |
English |
Description |
xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-242). |
ISBN | 006099486X 9780060839789 0060839783 |
Other | Classic View |