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The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the love of words / Simon Winchester.

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ISBN 9780140271287
0140271287
Dewey 428
Author Winchester, Simon
Title The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the love of words / Simon Winchester.
Published 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.
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-207)
Subject 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
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