The Surgeon of Crowthorne

The Surgeon of Crowthorne
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1998
Genre: Criminally insane
ISBN:

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W.C. Minor was one of the keenest volunteers involved in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What the OED's editor, James Murray, didn't realise was that he was also a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder.


The Surgeon of Crowthorne
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Simon Winchester
Categories: Criminally insane
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher:

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W.C. Minor was one of the keenest volunteers involved in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What the OED's editor, James Murray, didn't realise was th
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Pages: 294
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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Pages: 417
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Pages: 310
Authors: Lynda Mugglestone
Categories: History
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When the Earth Shakes
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: Simon Winchester
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
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Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis. Headline-making natural disasters with devastating consequences for millions of people. But what do we actually know about the