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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Title
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
- Author
- Winchester, Simon.
- Publication
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 99-4175 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 242 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Psychiatric hospital patients > Great Britain > Biography
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography
- Oxford English dictionary
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Biography
- English language > Lexicography
- Minor, William Chester
- Murray, James A. H (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 > Friends and associates
- English language > Etymology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).
- Call Number
- JFD 99-4175
- ISBN
- 0060175966
- LCCN
- 98010204 //r98
- OCLC
- 38425992
- Author
- Winchester, Simon.
- Title
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
- Imprint
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 99-4175