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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

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text The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Winchester, Simon.

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Summary

Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.

Contents
The dead of the night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, ... Read more
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xiii, 242, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher
HarperPerennial 2005
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