An edition of The Surgeon of Crowthorne
(1998)
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
by Simon Winchester
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The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. What he found was incredible - Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder and yet who dedicated his entire cell-bound life to work on the English language.
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Biography, Biography & Autobiography, English language, Etymology, Friends and associates, Grammar & Language Usage, History, Language Arts, Lexicographers, Lexicography, New English dictionary on historical principles, Nonfiction, Oxford English dictionary, Psychiatric hospital patients, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Literary collectionsPlaces
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
2010, Penguin Group UK
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in English
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The surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words
1998, Viking
in English
0670878626 9780670878628
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and Love of Words
1998, Viking
Hardcover
0670878626 9780670878628
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The surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the love of words
1998, Viking
in English
0670878626 9780670878628
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