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The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder and yet who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language.
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The surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester
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- Pubblicato
- 1999
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- Titolo
- The surgeon of Crowthorne
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Simon Winchester
- Editore
- Penguin
- Pubblicato
- 1999
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 0140271287
- ISBN13
- 9780140271287
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Libri di testo, Storia, Storie vere, Biografie, Dizionari Linguistici e Libri di Testo, Famiglia, Amicizia, Lingue, Omicidi, Inghilterra, Letteratura inglese, Dizionari, True crime, America, Destino, Sui libri, Basato su eventi reali, Lettura, Follia, Oxford, Ritorni a casa
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1998
- Titolo originale
- The Professor and the Madman
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder and yet who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language.