The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

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Amis et relations
Anciens combattants
Anglais (Langue)
Anglais (Langue) -- Lexicographie
Anglais (Langue) -- Étymologie
Audiobooks
Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais
Encyclopédies et dictionnaires anglais -- Histoire et critique
English language
English language -- Etymology
English language -- Lexicography
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century
Etymology
Europe
Friends and associates
Great Britain
Histoire
Histoire et critique
Historical
History
History and criticism
Language Arts
Large type books
Lexicographers
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Lexicographes
Lexicographes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies
Lexicographie
Lexicography
Literary Figures
Minor, William Chester
Minor, William Chester, -- 1834-1920
Murray, James A. H
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915
Murray, James A. H. -- (James Augustus Henry), -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
Murray, James Augustus Henry
Murray, James Augustus Henry, -- Sir, -- 1837-1915 -- Amis et relations
New English dictionary on historical principles
Nonfiction
Oxford English dictionary
Oxford English dictionary -- Histoire
Patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques
Patients dans les hôpitaux psychiatriques -- Angleterre -- Biographies
Psychiatric hospital patients
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
Veterans
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Anciens combattants -- Biographies
Étymologie

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Case, David
Winchester, Simon Author
Winchester, Simon  Author, Reader
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9780060175962
9780060994860
9780061807602
9780965792950
9780736651608
9780783885001
006099486
9780060756321
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9780736651608

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