Title:
Thomas Minor's wandering leads to Stonington
Author:
Carol W. Kiimball
Subjects:
Simon Winchester's new book
"madman" William Minor
Thomas Minor and his Stonington arrival
William Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary
"madman" William Minor
Thomas Minor and his Stonington arrival
William Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary
Object ID:
Kim07-065a
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
06/17/1999
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Simon Winchester's new book, "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary," (Harper Collins 1998) might be accurate about William Minor's contributions to the Dictionary from a British prison for the criminally insane but it is not accurate about his ancestry nor his wanderings to Stonington.
People:
Winchester, Simor
Minor, William
Minor, Thomas
Minor, Eastman
Minor, Lucy
Winthrop, John, Jr.
Minor, Manasseh
Chesebrough, William
Palmer, Walter
Minor, William
Minor, Thomas
Minor, Eastman
Minor, Lucy
Winthrop, John, Jr.
Minor, Manasseh
Chesebrough, William
Palmer, Walter
Search Terms:
Stonington
Sri Lanka
British prison for criminally insane
Oxford English Dictionary
Winchester's book
Wequetequock Cove
Quiambaug
Sri Lanka
British prison for criminally insane
Oxford English Dictionary
Winchester's book
Wequetequock Cove
Quiambaug