The Surgeon of Crowthorne
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- 100+
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 174
About this book
The book unveils the intriguing story behind the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and one of its most significant early contributors, Dr. William Chester Minor. Despite being a retired U.S. Army surgeon and a millionaire, Minor was also a patient at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in Berkshire, England.
The book achieved considerable success and was adapted into a film in 2019, “The Professor and the Madman,” featuring Mel Gibson as Murray and Sean Penn as Minor.
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Book facts
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- First published
- 1998
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online