The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the love of words / Simon Winchester Winchester, Simon

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Winchester, Simon
Subjects
Murray, James Augustus Henry Sir, 1837-1915; Oxford English dictionary; Minor, William Chester, 1835-1920.
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Adult
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"One of the keenest volunteers in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a W C Minor. His refusal to go to Oxford to receive his congratulations led to the editor going to meet him in Berkshire, where he found that Minor was a millionaire American civil war surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder." - product description.
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Read associated articles: Dictionary, The Surgeon of Crowthorne, William Chester Minor
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