The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him.

224 pages

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	3 juni 1999
ISBN13	9780140271287
Utgivare	Penguin Books Ltd
Genre	Engelsk, Non-fiction, Div.
Antal sidor	224
Mått	128 × 197 × 15 mm · 160 g
Språk	Engelska

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