The professor and the madman author6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270)ġ.The Dead of Night in Lambeth Marsh - 2.The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle - 3.The Madness of War - 4.Gathering Earth's Daughters - 5.The Big Dictionary Conceived - 6.The Scholar in Cell Block Two - 7.Entering the Lists - 8.Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat - 9.The Meeting of Minds - 10.The Unkindest Cut - 11.Then Only the MonumentsĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:08:09 Autocrop_version 0.0.12_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40454821 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane ![]() ![]() When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. The compilation of the OED began in 1857, it was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. Masterfully researched and eloquently written, The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary- and literary history. The national bestseller that chronicles the fascinating story of two extraordinary men and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. ![]()
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