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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998. - xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
dead of night in Lambeth Marsh -- man who taught Latin to cattle -- madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- big dictionary conceived -- scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- meeting of minds -- unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments. 1. The 2. The 3. The 4. 5. The 6. The 7. 8. 9. The 10. The 11.
0060175966 9780060175962
98010204
Murray, James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.
Murray, James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915 --Amis et relations
Minor, William Chester, 1834-1920
English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
Lexicographers--Great Britain
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain
English language--Etymology.
Patients dans les hopitaux psychiatriques--Angleterre
Encyclopedies et dictionnaires anglais--Histoire et critique
Lexicographes--Grande-Bretagne
Anglais (Langue)--Lexicographie
Anglais (Langue)--Etymologie
United States--History--Veterans--Civil War, 1861-1865
Etats-Unis--Histoire--Anciens combattants--1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
423.092 Win 10
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998. - xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
dead of night in Lambeth Marsh -- man who taught Latin to cattle -- madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- big dictionary conceived -- scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- meeting of minds -- unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments. 1. The 2. The 3. The 4. 5. The 6. The 7. 8. 9. The 10. The 11.
0060175966 9780060175962
98010204
Murray, James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.
Murray, James Augustus Henry, 1837-1915 --Amis et relations
Minor, William Chester, 1834-1920
English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
Lexicographers--Great Britain
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain
English language--Etymology.
Patients dans les hopitaux psychiatriques--Angleterre
Encyclopedies et dictionnaires anglais--Histoire et critique
Lexicographes--Grande-Bretagne
Anglais (Langue)--Lexicographie
Anglais (Langue)--Etymologie
United States--History--Veterans--Civil War, 1861-1865
Etats-Unis--Histoire--Anciens combattants--1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
423.092 Win 10