The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon WinchesterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Simon Winchester is just one of my favorite history authors and this was a very compelling story of an insaner murder turned OED contributor. He dispels the quaint legend of a dramatic meeting between editor and contributor at the asylum (fake news from America, it was) while adding much more interesting details about Dr. Minor's murder, decades of institutionalization on both sides of the Atlantic, and the herculean task of the OED itself. This audiobook narrated quite well by the author has a bonus interview with that author and an OED editor which is entertaining itself.
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