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Author Winchester, Simon.
Uniform Title Professor and the madman
Title The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
Publication Info London ; New York : Penguin, 1999.


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Descript 207 p. ; 18 cm.
Note American ed. published under title: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
ISBN 9780140271287 (pbk.)
0140271287 (pbk.)
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Author Winchester, Simon.
Subject Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.
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New English dictionary on historical principles.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
English language -- Etymology.
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Descript 207 p. ; 18 cm.
Note American ed. published under title: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
ISBN 9780140271287 (pbk.)
0140271287 (pbk.)
Author Winchester, Simon.
Subject Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.
Oxford English dictionary.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
English language -- Etymology.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 6th Floor  PE 1617 O9 W7  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Minor, William Chester.
Oxford English dictionary.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
English language -- Etymology.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography.
Descript 207 p. ; 18 cm.
Note American ed. published under title: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
ISBN 9780140271287 (pbk.)
0140271287 (pbk.)

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