The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Title remainder
- a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Subject
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- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLexicography -- History
- trueLife stories -- Education | Scholars and educators
- Minor, William Chester
- trueMinor, William Chester, 1834-1920
- trueMurray, James A. H, 1837-1915
- Murray, James A. H., (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- trueOxford English dictionary
- Oxford English dictionary
- trueOxford English dictionary -- History
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans | Biography
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBiographies
- trueCivil War veterans -- Biography
- trueDictionaries -- History and criticism
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
- English language -- Etymology
- English language -- Lexicography
- trueEtymology
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueLanguage and languages
- trueLexicographers -- England -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NjSoBT
- Dewey number
- 423/.092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE1617.O94
- LC item number
- W56 1999b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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