The Professor and the Madman

1. Unknown origin, nature or purpose, which is impossible or difficult to explain, resolve, or discover, completely or mysterious, mysterious, hidden from human knowledge and understanding

It is known as one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. The Oxford English dictionary was created in 1857, uses thousands of elite ideas that lasted for 70 years, and organizes huge languages ​​into 414, 825 exact definitions. But what is hidden in its creative ritual is a fascinating and mysterious story - a strange 20 year relationship is about the two extraordinary people in the center of this historic career story

Professor James Murray is a wonderful person of the former principal and banking clerk who is an excellent editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Miner, an American surgeon from New Haven, Connecticut, is one of the thousands of submitters who served during the Civil War and submitted descriptive quotations of the words in the dictionary did. However, the minor is not an ordinary contributor. He is very prolific and sends home thousands of clean handwritten quotes at the home of Crowthorne, a small village 50 miles from Oxford. In many cases, Murray encouraged minors to visit Oxford to celebrate his work, but Murray's suggestions were often - and wonder - rejected

Therefore, these two people have maintained close relationship only through 20 years of communication. Finally, in 1896 minors sent nearly 10,000 definitions to the dictionary but after leaving home still, confused Murray began to visit him. And Murray finally understood the truth about the minor - besides being a skilled craftsman, minors are also killers, clinically crazy - and held in the worst criminal madman in the UK It was. Shelter Brodmore

Professor and Mad Men are amazing stories about insanity and genius, and the incredible attachment of two men and the history of literature in the Oxford English Dictionary. With sharp insights and details, Simon Winchester cleverly gave a glimpse of his torture thinking and his contribution to the luxurious dictionary of others.

Since the release of professors and madmen in 1998, a lot of people have thoroughly analyzed the contents of this shocking literature. If a professor or madman is not marked as historical, the reader may suspect that this is a work of a too imaginative novelist, accompanied by a weak point of a melodrama. The content written by Winchester was actually done including literary conspiracy, fear of civil war, and crazy human mystery. Winchester is a British journalist and wrote 12 books, so his credibility is strong enough to support the points in the book. It is difficult to understand this document, but the factual evidence of his conclusion goes beyond the objection because Winchester is very descriptive of his material. Professors and crazy men are best selling nationwide, but they are not necessarily books

Does time that only imprisoned madman have time to become the most important contributor of the most authoritative dictionary so far? According to Simon Winchester, professor and creator of Madman, he is an intellectual madman trapped in Madhouse and has been the largest author of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for over 20 years. Drafter This book covers the period from the 16th century to the 20th century. Professor and Madman were published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. in New York, New York in 1998 and are best selling nationwide. Professors and mad men creatively tied the lives of Dr. William Chester and Professor James Murray and introduced how two intellectuals cooperated to create the background of the OED.

• Professor Simon Winchester, Professor Madman (New York: Harper Collins, 1998): Are you writing a sexy dictionary? One of the biggest contributors to this dictionary is a murderous doctor who wrote all his contributions from his room in Madhouse. You can read the full story of the professor and the madman. Omaha (and former newspaper columnist) The author of Rainbow Rowell has not grown so much. She grew up mainly in Omaha, Nebraska but lived in rural areas for several years without telephone, electricity, gas. In the early column, she discussed about improving the family situation: