Title The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.

Publication Info.	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1998]
	©1998

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PE1617.O94 W56 1998	Available	---

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242).
Subject	Oxford English dictionary.
	Oxford English dictionary.
	Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates.
	Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915.
	Friends and associates.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography.
	Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Psychiatric hospital patients.
	Great Britain.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
	Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
	New English dictionary on historical principles.
	New English dictionary on historical principles.
	Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Lexicographers.
	English language -- Lexicography.
	English language -- Lexicography.
	English language -- Etymology.
	English language -- Etymology.
	Minor, William Chester.
	Minor, William Chester.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	0060175966