The professor and the madman a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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The national bestseller that chronicles the fascinating story of two extraordinary men and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. Masterfully researched and eloquently written, The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remark... Full description
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Murray, James Augustus Henry, > Sir, > 1837-1915 > Friends and associates.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
Psychiatric hospital patients > Great Britain > Biography.
Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography.
English language > Lexicography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Biography.