William Chester Minor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Chester Minor

Union Army officer

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1834

Place of Birth: Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1920

Profession: surgeon, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

William Chester Minor, also known as W.
C.
Minor (June 22, 1834 – March 26, 1920) was an American army surgeon and one of the largest contributors of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary.
He was also held in a psychiatric hospital from 1872 to 1910 after he murdered George Merrett.