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Bobbie Wickham posted:Galileo's Daughter I love this book to bits augh I read this neat book a while ago call ...And The Policeman Smiled  There was a british initiative to bring over jewish children from german cities in the years before the war and integrate them into british society. My grandfather was one of them, although you won't see him in the book. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary  I still reread this one from time to time because the writing is so easy to get into and the story is so interesting. Way back in the 1800s when the OED was merely a inkling of an idea, William Chester Minor was committed to a mental asylum after murdering a innocent man that he believed to be Irish and out to get him. He still retained his intelligence after being committed to the Bedlam insane asylum however. He eventually caught wind of the OED project and decided to commit himself fully due to the fact he has to remain at said asylum for the rest of his years and there being little else to do. He ended up being one of the largest contributors. It's also where I chose my namesake (minus the lord bit)
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