Based on Simon Winchester’s best-selling novel, The Professor and madman are an extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession about two remarkable men who have created history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. Professor James Murray took up the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever. However, by enrolling definitions from people around the world, the dictionary could be compiled in just a few decades. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Minor, a veteran of the American civil War, was a convicted murderer and was being held in asylum for the insane murderer.