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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary Simon Winchester
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PE1617.O94 W56 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winchester, Simon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oxford English dictionary.
- Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915--Friends and associates.
- Murray, James A. H.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography.
- United States.
- English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
- English language.
- Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
- Psychiatric hospital patients.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Lexicographers.
- Minor, William Chester.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).
- ISBN:
- 0060175966
- OCLC:
- 38425992
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