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

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Biography
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century
Etymology
Friends and associates
Health & Fitness
History
History and criticism
Language Studies
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicography
Minor, William Chester
Minor, William Chester, 1834-1920
Murray, James Augustus Henry
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
New English dictionary on historical principles
Oxford English dictionary
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Veterans

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Winchester, Simon  Author, Reader
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9780060175962
9780060839789
9780061807602
9780783885001
006099486
9780060756321
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