Thursday, October 19, 2006

The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Author: Winchester, Simon

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

Published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998

Description: xi, 242 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 239-242

Subject(s):
  • Oxford English dictionary
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
  • Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
  • New English dictionary on historical principles
  • Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • English language -- Lexicography
  • English language -- Etymology
  • Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
  • Minor, William Chester
Review(s):
  • Sawyer, Michael. "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary." Library Journal 123.n13 (August 1998): 114
  • Saxton, Matthew L. "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary." Library Quarterly 70.2 (April 2000): 280
Read: August 1999