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Elaborately researched and eloquently told, The Professor and the Madman follows the true story of two men whose destinies intertwine in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. In 1857 the OED project began under the direction of Professor James Murray. While compiling entries, the committee discovered that Dr. W. C. Minor, a former American Civil War veteran, had submitted more than ten thousand definitions—far more than expected. When Murray insisted on rewarding Minor, it was revealed that he was an inmate in a psychiatric hospital, where his brilliant mind persisted in contributing to one of the most ambitious lexical works in history.
First publish date: October 4, 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Simon Winchester
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