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Genre/forme: | Biography English Biographies History |
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Personne nommée: | James A H Murray; William Chester Minor; James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir; William Chester Minor; William Chester Minor; James A H Murray; James A H Murray; William Chester Minor; James A H Murray; William Chester Minor; James Augustus Henry Murray; James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir; William Chester Minor; James Augustus Henry Murray; William Chester Minor |
Type d’ouvrage: | Biographie, Ressource Internet |
Type de document: | Livre, Ressource Internet |
Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs: |
Simon Winchester |
ISBN: | 0060175966 9780060175962 9780060839789 0060839783 006099486X 9780060994860 |
Numéro OCLC: | 38425992 |
Récompenses: | Short-listed for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Adult) 1999 |
Description: | xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contenu: | 1. The dead of night in Lambeth Marsh -- 2. The man who taught Latin to cattle -- 3. The madness of war -- 4. Gathering Earth's daughters -- 5. The big dictionary conceived -- 6. The scholar in cell block two -- 7. Entering the lists -- 8. Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- 9. The meeting of minds -- 10. The unkindest cut -- 11. Then only the monuments. |
Responsabilité: | Simon Winchester. |
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Résumé:
The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story - a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking. Professor James Murray, an astonishingly learned former schoolmaster and bank clerk, was the distinguished editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Minor, an American surgeon from New Haven, Connecticut, who had served in the Civil War, was one of thousands of contributors who submitted illustrative quotations of words to be used in the dictionary. But Minor was no ordinary contributor. He was remarkably prolific, sending thousands of neat, handwritten quotations from his home in the small village of Crowthorne, fifty miles from Oxford. On numerous occasions Murray invited Minor to visit Oxford and celebrate his work, but Murray's offer was regularly - and mysteriously - refused. Thus the two men, for two decades, maintained a close relationship only through correspondence. Finally, in 1896, after Minor had sent nearly ten thousand definitions to the dictionary but had still never traveled from his home, a puzzled Murray set out to visit him. It was then that Murray finally learned the truth about Minor - that, in addition to being a masterful wordsmith, Minor was also a murderer, clinically insane - and locked up in Broadmoor, England's harshest asylum for criminal lunatics.

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Not Urban Legend
The premise of this book may seem like fiction, and it's written better than most mainstream fiction is today. Yet it's a true accounting, and it's painstakingly researched. Even if you have no interest in practical lexicography, this book is incredibly interesting.
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Lexicology and Insanity
In Simon Winchester’s thoroughly researched book, 'The Professor and the Madman' is the history of the Oxford English Dictionary, and follows the lives of two men who were essential to its creation. Professor James Murray was the first editor of the OED, and Dr. W.C. Minor was an American Civil War veteran...
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In Simon Winchester’s thoroughly researched book, 'The Professor and the Madman' is the history of the Oxford English Dictionary, and follows the lives of two men who were essential to its creation. Professor James Murray was the first editor of the OED, and Dr. W.C. Minor was an American Civil War veteran who spends the majority of his life in an asylum for the criminally insane. He also submitted over 10,000 words and their sources to the OED.This is the story of obsession, murder, madness, compassion, human frailty, and brilliance. It is an entertaining read, and the writing is accessible to the average reader without being condescending. Winchester explores the love of words and lexicology, offers insight into the power of language and its development, and all with an easy narrative voice connecting the evolution of the book to the lives of men whose names have largely been forgotten. It is an enjoyable and entertaining read, with plenty of sex, scandal, and violence to keep the interest of the most apathetic of readers.
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