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2. The Surgeon of Crowthorne - Wikipedia

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   The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a non-fiction history book by British writer Simon Winchester, first published in England in 1998. It was retitled The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary in the United States and Canada.

3. The Professor and the Madman (film) - Wikipedia

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   The Professor and the Madman is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Farhad Safinia (under the pseudonym P. B. Shemran), from a screenplay by Safinia and Todd Komarnicki based on the 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne (published in the United States as The Professor and the Madman) by Simon Winchester.

4. William Chester Minor - Wikipedia

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   William Chester Minor (also known as W. C. Minor; 22 June 1834 – 26 March 1920) was an American army surgeon, psychiatric hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher. After serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War , Minor moved to England.

5. Broadmoor Hospital - Wikipedia

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   Minor, a former American army surgeon was an amateur lexicographer known as the Surgeon of Crowthorne. Haunted by his paranoia, he fatally shot George Merrett, whom Minor wrongly believed to have broken into his room. Merrett had been on his way to work to support his family: six children and his pregnant wife, Eliza.

6. What is the true story behind 'Sight'? Movie details life of ...

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   Movie details life of immigrant and surgeon Dr. Ming Wang. Liz Calvario. May 29, 2024 at 12:16 PM. ... which have helped patients in over 40 states and 55 countries with free procedures. He's also ...

7. Talk:The Professor and the Madman (film) - Wikipedia

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   The book was a very good read and the movie is quite different in many aspects. The story is a true story with the book and movie with the same name. Either Mel Gibson researched this story far beyond the book and included aspects and "facts" not included in the book or took a dramatic license to film storyline/dialogue not in the actual book ...

8. How a chance meeting led to an $8.5 million movie about ... - AOL

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   An independent film company is set to launch an $8.5 million movie about Nashville eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang nationwide May 24. The biopic "Sight" — with Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear ...

9. Category:Films about surgeons - Wikipedia

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   The Surgeon's Knife; T. The Threat (1966 film) Three Men in White; U. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film) W. The Witch's Mirror; Women on the Edge (2023 film) Y.