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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.
Oct 12, 2022 · William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during daylight, had...
Sep 18, 2016 · Dr. William Chester Minor arrived in Crowthorne, Berkshire on 17th April 1872, passing through the forbidding gates of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum to begin an incarceration that lasted 38 troubled years.
Dec 1, 2023 · The Strange True Story of Dr. William Chester Minor and the Oxford English Dictionary. One of the dictionary's top contributors was an inmate at a psychiatric hospital.
William C. Minor, M.D. 1863, also left his mark: he developed schizophrenia, killed a man and became a brilliant linguistic scholar while in an asylum for the insane. Minor graduated from Yale’s medical school, which at that time entailed two years’ study, as a qualified surgeon.
William Chester Minor, also known as W. C. Minors (June 1834 – March 26, 1920) was an American army surgeon who, later, was one of the largest contributors of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary. He was held in a lunatic asylum at the time.
Nov 18, 2020 · Who Was William Chester Minor? William Chester Minor was the child of American missionaries in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Born in 1834, he grew up having what he called “lascivious thoughts” about girls. He later blamed these sexual fantasies as the beginning of his descent into madness.
Jan 11, 2016 · There, they found a well-dressed surgeon, Dr. William Chester Minor, who quickly admitted to committing a murder. While the body of a local man named George Merrit lay lifelessly on the ground,...
William Chester Minor was born in Ceylon to Congregational church missionaries from New England in 1834, just three years before the birth of the Scottish lexicographer who would come to determine William’s ultimate mission in life.
Aug 29, 2023 · William Chester Miner was an enigmatic figure in the annals of history. He was a man whose brilliance and tragic descent into madness captivated the world. By examining Miner's life, we gain insight into the complexities of human potential and the enduring power of the human spirit.
