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The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the love of words Simon Winchester.
Publication details: Ringwood, Vic. : Viking, 1998.Description: 207 p. :ill.;21 cmISBN:- 0670878626
- Minor, William Chester
- Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 Friends and associates
- Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography
- Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography
- Murderers--Biography
- English language--Lexicography
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography
- 924.21
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 924.21 WIN | Available | 037911 |
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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.
