num_pages: 308
description: The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story - a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking.
language: English
title: The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
titlecomplete: The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
characters: Sir James Murray, Dr. William Chester Minor
genres: Historical, Biography, Books About Books, Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language, Audiobook, Biography Memoir, History, True Crime
ratings_count: 115231
places: United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Audie Award
category: Nonfiction, Abridged, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: G K Hall & Co