TY - BOOK AU - Winchester,Simon TI - The surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary SN - 9780140271287 (pbk.) : U1 - 920 CRO PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Minor, W. C. KW - Murray, James Augustus Henry, KW - New English dictionary on historical principles KW - English language KW - Etymology KW - Lexicography KW - Psychiatric hospital patients KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Lexicographers KW - Inmates of institutions KW - ukslc KW - Biography: general KW - thema KW - English KW - Biography: historical, political & military KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Veterans N1 - Originally published: London: Viking, 1998; Includes bibliographical references N2 - This inspiring tale of literary brilliance and dangerous madness recounts the invaluable role played in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary by a deranged American Civil War hero who was also a millionaire and a murderer ER -