Book
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Title
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Call No
PE1617.O94
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Subjects
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915--Friends and associates.
Minor, William Chester.
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Oxford English dictionary.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Etymology.
English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
English language--Etymology.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography.
Minor, William Chester.
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915.
Oxford English dictionary.
New English dictionary on historical principles.
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
English language--Lexicography.
English language--Etymology.
English language--Lexicography--History--19th century.
English language--Etymology.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography.
Language
English
Published
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1998.
Publication Desc
xi, 242 p. : ill. ;
ISBN
0060175966
LCCN
98010204 //r98
Dimensions
22 cm.