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The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary by SIMON WINCHESTER is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> - and literary history!</b><br><br>The compilation of the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thou
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- Author
- SIMON WINCHESTER
- Publisher
- Penguin; Penguin Books
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141942049
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Literary Fiction, Language Learning
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (830 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary (2002)
- جراح كروثورن: قصة قتل وجنون وقاموس أكسفورد الإنجليزي [Arabic] (1999)
- The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary (2001)
- The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary (2010)
- The surgeon of Crowthorne : a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary (1998)