In The Professor and the Madman, a book about the development of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester, one of the most prolific contributors to the dictionary was Dr. W.C. Minor, an American who spent much of his adult life in
a. a monastery in Virginia.
b. a prison hospital in Vermont.
c. an English insane asylum.
d. a Scottish castle.
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a. a monastery in Virginia.
b. a prison hospital in Vermont.
c. an English insane asylum.
d. a Scottish castle.
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Simon Winchester
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A remarkable story of the growth of a great nation and the eccentric scientist who defined its essence for the world."
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"Any grand new dictionary ought itself to be a democratic product, a book that demonstrated the primacy of individual freedoms, of the notion that one could use words freely, as one liked, without hard and fast rules of lexical conduct."
— Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary)
— Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary)
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