The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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Winchester, Simon Author
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9780060839789
9780063341906
9780061807602
9780060175962
9780063341906
9780061807602
9780060175962
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Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Book discussion group collection
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century
Etymology
Friends and associates
History
History and criticism
Language Arts
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicography
Minor, William Chester
Murray, James A. H
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
New English dictionary on historical principles
Nonfiction
Oxford English dictionary
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Veterans
Biography & Autobiography
Book discussion group collection
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century
Etymology
Friends and associates
History
History and criticism
Language Arts
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicography
Minor, William Chester
Murray, James A. H
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
New English dictionary on historical principles
Nonfiction
Oxford English dictionary
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Veterans
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