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Dec 1, 2023 · Minor alone contributed to the entries of more than 10,000 words in the dictionary and his outstanding work was hailed by its editor, James Murray. Minor, though, had a secret which Murray did not discover for years. His prized contributor was an inmate in a high-security British psychiatric hospital, who had shot a man dead in London.
Apr 24, 2020 · At the halfway point in The Professor and the Madman, James Murray and William Minor meet in person for the first time. During this interaction, Murray paraphrases Matthew 5:5 from the Bible’s New Testament section.
Sep 7, 1998 · Murray, who had not yet met Minor, assumed that he was a ''practicing medical man of literary tastes with a good deal of leisure.'' To his astonishment, he turned out to be...
Aug 5, 2022 · The Professor and the Madman Ending . James and the widower, Eliza, go to meet William at the hospital after learning about the harsh treatment. Dr. Richard Brayne tries to interfere, but Muncie stops him from doing so. Again, Eliza asks William, “If love… then what?”
Nov 29, 1998 · By the time the two met, he was well aware of Minor's past, and that fact did not alter their relationship. Murray described him as ``a fine Christian gentleman, the same as...
Minor supplied Murray with more than 10,000 quotations. Impressed, Murray would repeatedly invite Minor to meet him at Oxford. That, however, never happened. Minor would always turn down the invitation citing an inconvenience.
For these many years they never met and Dr. Murray did not suspect that Dr. Minor was insane and institutionalized. After their meeting they became friends. The institutional care appeared to be very humane and Dr. Minor was a special patient in many ways, yet never regained his normal demeanor.
