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The professor and the madman

When editors of the "Oxford English dictionary" put out a call during the late 19th century for "men of letters" to contribute entries, hundreds of responses came forth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winchester, Simon
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper Audio, p1998.
Subjects:	Oxford English dictionary. Murray, James Augustus Henry, > Sir, > 1837-1915 > Friends and associates. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans > Biography. Psychiatric hospital patients > Great Britain > Biography. New English dictionary on historical principles. Lexicographers > Great Britain > Biography. English language > Lexicography. English language > Etymology. Minor, William Chester.
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Summary:	When editors of the "Oxford English dictionary" put out a call during the late 19th century for "men of letters" to contribute entries, hundreds of responses came forth.
Item Description:	Unabridged. "A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary"--Container.
Physical Description:	6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	06:30:00
Production Credits:	Producer/director, Rick Harris.
ISBN:	0060836261
Author Notes:	Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography)