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100 1  Winchester, Simon. 
245 14 The professor and the madman :|ba tale of murder, insanity,
       and the making of the Oxford English dictionary /|cSimon 
       Winchester. 
250    1st ed. 
260    New York :|bHarperCollins Publishers,|cc1998. 
300    xi, 242 p. :|bill. ;|c22 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) 
520 1  "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 
600 10 Murray, James Augustus Henry,|cSir,|d1837-1915|xFriends 
       and associates. 
600 10 Minor, William Chester. 
630 00 Oxford English dictionary. 
630 00 New English dictionary on historical principles. 
650  0 English language|xLexicography|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Psychiatric hospital patients|zGreat Britain|xBiography. 
650  0 Encyclopedias and dictionaries|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Lexicographers|zGreat Britain|xBiography. 
650  0 English language|xEtymology. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865|xVeterans
       |xBiography. 
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