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Professor and the madman a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Winchester, Simon

Professor and the madman a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary - New Delhi HarperCollins 1998 - xi,242p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242)

ISBN: 9780060839789

LCCN: 98010204

Subjects--Personal Names:
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Oxford English dictionary.
New English dictionary on historical principles.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
English language--Etymology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Veterans--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

LC Class. No.: PE1617.O94 / W56 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 423.092 / WI-P

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