The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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Winchester, Simon.
Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1998].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Southside - Adult
423.092 Win
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Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1998].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Lexile measure
1330

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience
1330L,Lexile

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LC Subjects
Biographies.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Lexicography.
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Minor, William Chester.
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
Oxford English dictionary.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.