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> Although, as someone pointed out some weeks ago, an American soldier
> (captain I think) called, I believe, William Morris was one of the
> major contributors while he was in prison in England for murder. He
> was a sad man by the account that I have read, but he was an avid
> reader.
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One of the major contributors to the OED was an American Civil War veteran
in an English insane asylum. His story is told in "The Surgeon of
Crowthorne", published in USA as "The Professor and the Madman", by Simon
Winchester, (an old schoolfriend of mine). Its a great yarn.
Cheers,
Michael Cosby
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