The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Paperback/Simon Winchester - Harper Perennial

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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.
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As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr.
The compilation of the OED began in 1857, it was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken.
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