The surgeon of Crowthorne
Published by : Viking, (Ringwood, Vic. :) Physical details: 207 p. :ill.;21 cm. ISBN:0670878626.
Subject(s):
Minor, William Chester.
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Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 Friends and associates.
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Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
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Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
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Murderers--Biography.
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English language--Lexicography.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography.
Year: 1998
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 924.21 WIN | Available | 037911 |
Total reserves: 0
Biography of one of the volunteers who assisted with the making of the Oxford English Dictionary; he turned out to be W.C. Miner, an eccentric millionaire American Civil War surgeon who became mad and ended up in Broadmoor Asylum.
Published in the U.S. as: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
