The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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Winchester, Simon Author
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9780060175962
9780061807602
9780783885001
9780061807602
9780783885001
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Biography & Autobiography
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
Etymology
Friends and associates
History
Language Arts
Large type books
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicography
Minor, William Chester
Murray, James A. H
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
New English dictionary on historical principles
Nonfiction
Oxford English dictionary
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Veterans
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
Etymology
Friends and associates
History
Language Arts
Large type books
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicography
Minor, William Chester
Murray, James A. H
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
New English dictionary on historical principles
Nonfiction
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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