ISBN |
9780140271287 |
0140271287 |
Dewey number |
428 |
Autore |
Winchester, Simon |
Titolo |
The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the love of words / Simon Winchester. |
Pubblicato |
Ringwood, Vic : Penguin, 1999. |
Physical description |
207 p. ; 21 cm. |
General note |
American ed. published under title: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary. New York : HarperCollins, 1998. |
Bibliography note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-207) |
Soggetto |
Minor, William Chester |
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates. -- Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915. |
Criminally insane -- United States -- Biography |
Murderers -- United States -- Biography |
Mentally ill offenders -- United States -- Biography |
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography |
Oxford English dictionary |
Lexicographers |
English language -- Lexicography |
English language -- Etymology |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography |
Added title |
Professor and the madman. |