04-01-2021, 08:05 PM
Indeed, and for the (first) one I had in mind I had to dig quite a bit...
Voynich's first name is Wilfrid, from the moment of his naturalisation in 1904 that made him a UK citizen
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In literature, his name is also occasionally given as Wilfred, and as far as I can tell this goes back to a book by Poundstone, which is not bad, and has made a lot of people aware of Voynich and his Manuscript.
Interestingly, there is an international database that defines how people's names should be written, which is considered authoritative by many institutes: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .
In this he is called "Wilfred".
I contacted them to try to fix this, but to no avail.
Voynich's first name is Wilfrid, from the moment of his naturalisation in 1904 that made him a UK citizen
(You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
In literature, his name is also occasionally given as Wilfred, and as far as I can tell this goes back to a book by Poundstone, which is not bad, and has made a lot of people aware of Voynich and his Manuscript.
Interestingly, there is an international database that defines how people's names should be written, which is considered authoritative by many institutes: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. .
In this he is called "Wilfred".
I contacted them to try to fix this, but to no avail.
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