The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary /
Normal View MARC View ISBD Viewby Winchester, Simon.
[ ] Published by : HarperCollins Publishers, (New York :) Physical details: xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subject(s): Oxford English dictionary. | Murray, James Augustus Henry, --Sir, --1837-1915 --Friends and associates. | United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Veterans --Biography. | Psychiatric hospital patients --Great Britain --Biography. | Encyclopedias and dictionaries --History and criticism. | New English dictionary on historical principles. | Lexicographers --Great Britain --Biography. | English language --Lexicography. | English language --Etymology. | Minor, William Chester. Year : 1998| Location | Call Number | Status | Date Due |
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| Bluefield High School | 423 WIN | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).