Episode 42: The Murder That Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century
03/05/2023 27 min Temporada 1 Episodio 42
Episode 42: The Murder That Created the Oxford English Dictionary

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The path to creating the world's most important dictionary involved J.R.R. Tolkien, the constructed language of Esperanto, the Oxford English Dictionary, a murderer in an insane asylum, Alice in Wonderland and the Civil War in the United States. Today's story also featured Alfred Lord Tennyson, Bialystok Poland, L.L. Zamenhoff, W.C. Minor, James Murray, Winston Churchill, Jonathan Swift, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital. 

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