The Resource The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
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- Language
- eng
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Title
- The professor and the madman
- Title remainder
- a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Subject
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- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- Oxford English dictionary
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueCivil War veterans -- Biography
- trueDictionaries -- History and criticism
- trueEnglish language -- Etymology
- English language -- Lexicography
- trueEtymology
- trueLanguage and languages
- trueLexicographers -- England -- Biography
- trueLexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLexicography -- History
- Minor, William Chester
- Murray, James A. H., (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
- Language
- eng
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
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- 157430
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winchester, Simon
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Murray, James A. H.
- Minor, William Chester
- Psychiatric hospital patients
- Lexicographers
- English language
- English language
- United States
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- a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-241)
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 242 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060175962
- Lccn
- 98010204
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- CARL0623309122
- (OCoLC)38425992
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-241)
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 242 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060175962
- Lccn
- 98010204
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- (Sirsi) BRD52416291
- CARL0623309122
- (OCoLC)38425992
Subject
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- Oxford English dictionary
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueCivil War veterans -- Biography
- trueDictionaries -- History and criticism
- trueEnglish language -- Etymology
- English language -- Lexicography
- trueEtymology
- trueLanguage and languages
- trueLexicographers -- England -- Biography
- trueLexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLexicography -- History
- Minor, William Chester
- Murray, James A. H., (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
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