The Professor and the Madman

A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary

Cover Art for 9780060836269, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780060836269
Publisher: Harper
Published: 31 October, 2005
Format: Audiobook
Language: English
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Describes how more than ten thousand definitions were submitted for the first Oxford English Dictionary from Dr. W.C. Minor, an American Civil War criminal who was considered both a genius and a lunatic.

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