The professor and the madman
Subtitle: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
By: Simon Winchester.
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thorndike, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915; Minor, William Chester; Oxford English dictionary; New English dictionary on historical principles; English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century; Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography; English language -- Etymology; Large type books; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Genres: Biography.