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Overview"""The Professor and the Madman,"" masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the ""Oxford English Dictionary"" -- and literary history. The compilation of the ""OED,"" begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon WinchesterPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: Collins Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780062170262ISBN 10: 0062170260 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 13 June 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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