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<p>The national bestseller that chronicles the fascinating story of two extraordinary men and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—now available in a limited Olive Edition.</p><p>“The linguistic detective story of the decade.”—William Safire, New York Times Magazine<br><br></p><p>Masterfully researched and eloquently written, The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford En
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- Author
- Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062564610
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (25 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) (2005)
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) (1998)
- The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (2005)
- Land - The Ownership of Everything (2005)
- The Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (2012)
- The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary (1998)
- The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary (1998)
- Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Ird English Dictionary, The (2009)
- The Professor and the Madman - A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (2009)
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) (1999)
- The Professor and the Madman - CDN edition (1999)
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