Simon Winchester, Chronicler of Words and Rocks, Dies at 82
The author of "The Professor and the Madman" began as a geologist before turning to journalism and popular nonfiction.
Simon Winchester has died at 82, according to The New York Times. He was best known to readers for "The Professor and the Madman," his account of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and the unlikely collaboration behind it.
Before turning to writing, Winchester trained as a geologist, a background that shaped the curiosity he later brought to journalism, the Times notes. He went on to build a prolific career as what the paper describes as an adventurous reporter and nonfiction author, ranging across subjects from language to natural history.
Further details on his life and the circumstances of his death were not included in the available report.
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