The Resource The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 242 pages
- Contents
-
- 5. The
- big dictionary conceived
- 6. The
- scholar in cell block two
- 7.
- Entering the lists
- 8.
- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat
- 9. The
- meeting of minds
- 1. The
- 10. The
- unkindest cut
- 11.
- Then only the monuments
- dead of night in Lambeth Marsh
- 2. The
- man who taught Latin to cattle
- 3. The
- madness of war
- 4.
- Gathering Earth's daughters
- Isbn
- 9780060175962
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Title
- The professor and the madman
- Title remainder
- a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Subject
-
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Biography
- trueMinor, William Chester, 1834-1920
- trueMurray, James A. H, 1837-1915
- Murray, James A. H., (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915
- Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Amis et relations
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- trueOxford English dictionary
- Oxford English dictionary
- Oxford English dictionary -- Histoire
- trueOxford English dictionary -- History
- Patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques -- Angleterre -- Biographies
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Anciens combattants -- Biographies
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Anglais (Langue) -- Lexicographie
- Anglais (Langue) -- Étymologie
- trueBiographies
- trueCivil War veterans -- Biography
- trueDictionaries -- History and criticism
- Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais -- Histoire et critique
- English language -- Etymology
- English language -- Lexicography | History -- 19th century
- trueEtymology
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueLanguage and languages
- trueLexicographers -- England -- Biography
- Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lexicographes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- trueLexicography -- History
- trueLife stories -- Education | Scholars and educators
- Minor, William Chester
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Describes how more than ten thousand definitions were submitted for the first Oxford English Dictionary from Dr. W.C. Minor, an American Civil War criminal who was considered both a genius and a lunatic
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 157430
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winchester, Simon
- Dewey number
- 423/.092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE1617.O94
- LC item number
- W56 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- Murray, James A. H.
- Lexicographers
- Minor, William Chester
- Psychiatric hospital patients
- United States
- English language
- Murray, James Augustus Henry
- Minor, William Chester
- Patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques
- Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais
- Lexicographes
- Anglais (Langue)
- Anglais (Langue)
- États-Unis
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-242)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5. The
- big dictionary conceived
- 6. The
- scholar in cell block two
- 7.
- Entering the lists
- 8.
- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat
- 9. The
- meeting of minds
- 1. The
- 10. The
- unkindest cut
- 11.
- Then only the monuments
- dead of night in Lambeth Marsh
- 2. The
- man who taught Latin to cattle
- 3. The
- madness of war
- 4.
- Gathering Earth's daughters
- Control code
- 187116
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060175962
- Lccn
- 98010204
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm38425992
- (OCoLC)38425992
- Label
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-242)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5. The
- big dictionary conceived
- 6. The
- scholar in cell block two
- 7.
- Entering the lists
- 8.
- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat
- 9. The
- meeting of minds
- 1. The
- 10. The
- unkindest cut
- 11.
- Then only the monuments
- dead of night in Lambeth Marsh
- 2. The
- man who taught Latin to cattle
- 3. The
- madness of war
- 4.
- Gathering Earth's daughters
- Control code
- 187116
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xi, 242 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060175962
- Lccn
- 98010204
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm38425992
- (OCoLC)38425992
Subject
- truePsychiatric hospital patients -- England -- Biography
- trueMinor, William Chester, 1834-1920
- trueMurray, James A. H, 1837-1915
- Murray, James A. H., (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915
- Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Amis et relations
- New English dictionary on historical principles
- trueOxford English dictionary
- Oxford English dictionary
- Oxford English dictionary -- Histoire
- trueOxford English dictionary -- History
- Patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques -- Angleterre -- Biographies
- Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Anciens combattants -- Biographies
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Anglais (Langue) -- Lexicographie
- Anglais (Langue) -- Étymologie
- trueBiographies
- trueCivil War veterans -- Biography
- trueDictionaries -- History and criticism
- Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais -- Histoire et critique
- English language -- Etymology
- English language -- Lexicography | History -- 19th century
- trueEtymology
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueLanguage and languages
- trueLexicographers -- England -- Biography
- Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lexicographes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
- trueLexicography -- History
- trueLife stories -- Education | Scholars and educators
- Minor, William Chester
Genre
- trueBiography
- trueHistory Writing
- trueBiographies
- trueLife stories
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueHistory and criticism
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