Description
The compilation of the OxfordEnglish Dictionary was one of the most ambitious and challenging language projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the vast over-seeing committee, led by professor James Murray, discovered that more than 10,000 definitions had been submitted by one man, Dr. W. C. Minor. When the committee insisited on honoring him, the incredible truth came to light: Dr. Minor was really a brilliant but severly ill inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane. This is the fascinating, unforgettable true story of a man who became the most prolific contributor of the English language and to history itself.
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper
Published: 08/26/1998
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.90w x 0.96d
ISBN13: 9780060175962
ISBN10: 0060175966
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | General