The professor and the madman

a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Explains how the "Oxford English Dictionary" was created and discusses the relationship between the editor and one of his most influential contributors, a psychotic murderer in one of England's cruelest asylums.

Harper Perennial
2005
9780060839789
book
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