![]() Beautifully told and awe-inspiring' Daily Mail 'Simon Winchester could not have told it better. charged with murder! _ 'A weird and wonderful story of an eccentric friendship, and a slice of history' Sunday Times 'What a revelation. The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a non-fiction history book by British writer Simon Winchester, first published. Read more and American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. ![]() But when the committee insisted on honouring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand of those words. ![]() As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history! The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. ![]() One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. ![]() Description for The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary Paperback. ![]()
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