Description: Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Paperback by Winchester, Simon, ISBN 0063341905, ISBN-13 9780063341906, Brand New, Free shipping in the US “Madness, violence, arcane obsessions, weird learning, ghastly comedy, all set out in an atmosphere of po-aced, high neo-Gothic. The geographical span is wide, from Dickensian London to Florida's Pensacola Bay, from the beaches at Trincomalee to the Civil War battlefields of the United States. . . . It is a wonderful story.”—John Banville, Literary Review “Splendid. . . . Simon Winchester could not have told it better.”—The Economist In celebration of its 25th anniversary, an updated edition of the worldwide celebrated classic, featuring a new introduction by the author. Masterfully researched and eloquently written, The Professor and the Madman 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—one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the OED’s overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand entries. But their surprise would pale in comparison to what they were about to discover when the committee insisted on honoring him. Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
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Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Psychiatry / General, Historical
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8.7 Oz
Author: Simon Winchester
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
