Robert Brown was born on July 23, 1921 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985) and Licence to Kill (1989). He was married to Rita Becker. He died on November 11, 2003 in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK.
Can a task of knowledge be herculean? Is a love of language mad or scholarly? Or is it both? This is an account of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, a creation of two men: A professor and a madman.