The Madman: The Professor And

A self-taught Scottish linguist and philologist who was appointed editor of the dictionary in 1879.

The story follows the monumental task of compiling the first edition of the OED, a project that took 70 years to complete. It centers on two main figures: The Professor and the Madman

A retired American Civil War surgeon and Yale-educated physician who was confined to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum in England. The Unlikely Collaboration A self-taught Scottish linguist and philologist who was