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portada The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.4 x 15.0 x 2.4 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN
0060175966
ISBN13
9780060175962

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (in English)

Simon Winchester (Author) · Harper · Hardcover

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (in English) - Winchester, Simon

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Synopsis "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (in English)"

The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing committee, led by professor James Murray, discovered that more than 10,000 definitions had been submitted by one man, Dr. W. C. Minor. When the committee insisited on honoring him, the incredible truth came to light: Dr. Minor was really a brilliant but severly ill inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This is the fascinating, unforgettable true story of a man who became the most prolific contributor of the English language and to history itself.

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