The professor and the madman
Subtitle: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
By: Simon Winchester.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Murray, James Augustus Henry, -- Sir, -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates; Minor, William Chester; Oxford English dictionary; New English dictionary on historical principles; Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography; Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; English language -- Lexicography; English language -- Etymology; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.