William D. Newbold

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American academic human scholar

William D. Newbold was an American scholar best known for his controversial early-20th-century claims about deciphering the Voynich manuscript.

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instanceOf American academic ⓘ
human ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
areaOfInterest Renaissance studies ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
medieval manuscripts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
employer University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
familyName Newbold NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork classics ⓘ
cryptology ⓘ
paleography ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasClaimEvaluatedAs discredited by later Voynich researchers ⓘ
hasSubjectOf scholarly criticism regarding Voynich methodology ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary cryptographic methods ⓘ
knownFor claims to have deciphered the Voynich manuscript ⓘ
early 20th-century Voynich manuscript controversy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf faculty of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
middleName Romaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
name William Romaine Newbold NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent public announcement of Voynich manuscript decipherment claims ⓘ
notableFor proposed microscopic shorthand cipher in Voynich manuscript ⓘ
notableWork lectures on the decipherment of the Voynich manuscript ⓘ
posthumously published study on the Voynich manuscript ⓘ
occupation classical scholar ⓘ
cryptographer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
partOf early history of Voynich manuscript research ⓘ
placeOfActivity Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld professor of philosophy ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia ⓘ

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Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States → containsGraveOf → William D. Newbold ⓘ
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