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In Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.), who is the madman?
a. Professor James Murray
b. Mr. George Merrett
c. Dr. W.C. Minor
d. Mr. Frederick Furnival
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Simon Winchester

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September 28, 1944

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male

place of birth

England, United Kingdom

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http://www.simonwinchester.com

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Nonfiction

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event: Simon Winchester on tour for book "The Man Who Loved China"
date: May 20, 2008 01:00PM
location: United States
description: The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa returns with a remarkable story of the growth of a great nation and the eccentric and adventurous scientist who defined its essence for the world. A daring young scientist known for his brilliance and eccentricity, Joseph Needham arrived in war-ravaged China in 1943 on a mission for the British government. But it was a journey that began at Cambridge University six years earlier when the married biochemist fell in love.

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books by Simon Winchester

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avg rating: 3.75 | 4508 ratings | 42 distinct works

	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.76 — 2747 ratings — published 1998 19 editions	my rating:
	Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.73 — 501 ratings — published 2003 18 editions	my rating:
	The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology (Paperback) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.48 — 246 ratings — published 2002 14 editions	my rating:
	A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (P.S.) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.72 — 173 ratings — published 2006 13 editions	my rating:
	The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time (Paperback) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.79 — 38 ratings — published 2004 6 editions	my rating:
	Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire (Paperback) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.58 — 40 ratings — published 2004 3 editions	my rating:
	Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles (Paperback) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.61 — 33 ratings — published 2005 6 editions	my rating:
	The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans (Paperback) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.50 — 16 ratings — published 2000 2 editions	my rating:
	Granta 73: Necessary Journeys (Granta: The Magazine of New Writing) by Bill Buford, Simon Winchester avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 2001	my rating:
	The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary (Hardcover) by Simon Winchester avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published 2003 6 editions	my rating:

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