The Professor and the Madman
ISBN: 0060175966
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ulysses · 2017-08-30 · Original thread
The Professor and the Madman is about him:

https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Madman-Simon-Winchester/dp/...

It also has some nice history on the OED.

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