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The Surgeon of Crowthorne

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A tale of murder, madness and lexicography. A rich convict's links to the OED.

Simon Winchester's tale of murder, madness and lexicography. A rich convict's links to the Oxford English Dictionary. From 1998. 

True story about Dr William Chester Minor, a mentally ill American surgeon, who posted scholarly contributions illustrating the way words were used - to the New English Dictionary (later Oxford English Dictionary) from his rooms in Broadmoor.

Readings by John Rowe and Brian Parr.  

Producer:  Jill Waters

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

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