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.

HarperPerennial
1999
9780060994860
book
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