The Professor and the Madman CD
About this book
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history. The compilation of the OED begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
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- (about)
- american civil war (1861-1865) fast (ocolc)fst01351658
- amis et relations
- anciens combattants
- anglais (langue)
- biographies
- biography
- biography & autobiography
- encyclopedias and dictionaries
- encyclopedias and dictionaries, history and criticism
- encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais
- english language
- english language, etymology
- english language, lexicography
- étymologie
- etymology
- friends and associates
- friendship
- histoire
- histoire et critique
- history
- history and criticism
- language
- large type books
- lexicografen
- lexicographers
- lexicographes
- lexicographie
- lexicography
- mentally ill, biography
- new english dictionary on historical principles
- nonfiction
- oxford english dictionary
- oxford english dictionary (anoniem)
- patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques
- patients des hôpitaux psychiatriques
- psychiatric hospital patients
- psychiatry
- the oxford english dictionary
- united states civil war, 1861-1865
- united states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
- veterans