A self-taught Scottish linguist and philologist who was appointed editor of the dictionary in 1879.
A retired American Civil War surgeon and Yale-educated physician who was confined to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in England. The Unlikely Collaboration
The story follows the monumental task of compiling the first edition of the OED, a project that took 70 years to complete. It centers on two main figures:
A self-taught Scottish linguist and philologist who was appointed editor of the dictionary in 1879.
A retired American Civil War surgeon and Yale-educated physician who was confined to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in England. The Unlikely Collaboration The Professor and the Madman
The story follows the monumental task of compiling the first edition of the OED, a project that took 70 years to complete. It centers on two main figures: A self-taught Scottish linguist and philologist who was