The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Titre
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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
Simon. Winchester
Sommaire
:
A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Date de publication comme intervalle
:
1999
Description matérielle
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xiii, 242 p. : ill.
Edition
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1st HarperPerennial ed.
Note générale
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13.00
Note locale
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[w] 15--Sept/00.
Vedette-matière - nom de personne
:
Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915-Friends and associates.
Minor, William Chester.
Vedette-matière - titre
:
Oxford English dictionary.
Terme de vedette-matière
:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English language -- Lexicography.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 19th century.
Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Oxford English Dictionary
Terme géographique
:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography.
Résumé
:
A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780060994860
9780060839789
Informations de publication
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New York : HarperPerennial, 1999.
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Edmonton Christian High | 423 OXF/WIN | Book | 30905000012330 | Non-Fiction |