The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
AUTHOR:
Winchester, Simon
ISBN:
9780060994860
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York[etc.] : HarperPerennial, 1999
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiii, 242 p.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates |
| Minor, William Chester |
| Oxford English dictionary |
| English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century |
| English language -- Etymology |
| English language -- History -- 19th century |
| Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War |