The Professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary Simon Winchester
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1999Edition: 1st HarperPerennial edDescription: xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 006099486X (pbk.)Subject(s): Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates | Minor, William Chester | Oxford English dictionary | New English dictionary on historical principles | Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography | Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism | Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography | English language -- Lexicography | English language -- Etymology | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 423 WINC (Browse shelf) | Available | 17754 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242)
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