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'''David Shulman''' ([[November 12]], [[1912]]–[[October 30]], [[2004]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[lexicographer]] and [[cryptographer]]. |
'''David Shulman''' ([[November 12]], [[1912]]–[[October 30]], [[2004]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[lexicographer]] and [[cryptographer]]. |
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He contributed many early usages to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] and is listed among [http://www.oed.com/archive/oed2-preface/hist-other.html "Readers and contributors from collections" for the second edition of the OED (1989)]. He |
He contributed many early usages to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] and is listed among [http://www.oed.com/archive/oed2-preface/hist-other.html "Readers and contributors from collections" for the second edition of the OED (1989)]. He felt most at home in the [[New York Public Library]], undertaking his lexicographic research there and donating many valuable items to it.<ref name = "Obit">[http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=1288412004 David Shulman Obituary]</ref> He described himself as "the Sherlock Holmes of Americanisms".<ref name = "Obit"/> |
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He was the founder of the American Cryptogram Association |
He was the founder of the American Cryptogram Association and a champion scrabble player. |
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At the age of 23 he wrote "[[Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet)|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]," a 14-line [[sonnet]] in which every line is an anagram of the first. |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries. |
* [http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/David-Shulman.2578502.jp David Shulman]. Obituary, reprinted in The Scotsman, Monday November 8, 2004. |
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* [http://researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu/cs4624/RevWar/War/Cross.html Washington Crossing the Delaware] (1936) by David Shulman. An anagramatic poem. |
* [http://researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu/cs4624/RevWar/War/Cross.html Washington Crossing the Delaware] (1936) by David Shulman. An anagramatic poem. |
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* [http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00013.cfm NSA: The Rare Book Collection in the National Cryptologic Museum]. Contains reference to Shulman's 1976 bibliography. |
* [http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00013.cfm NSA: The Rare Book Collection in the National Cryptologic Museum]. Contains reference to Shulman's 1976 bibliography. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 08:57, 14 March 2008
David Shulman (November 12, 1912–October 30, 2004) was an American lexicographer and cryptographer.
He contributed many early usages to the Oxford English Dictionary and is listed among "Readers and contributors from collections" for the second edition of the OED (1989). He felt most at home in the New York Public Library, undertaking his lexicographic research there and donating many valuable items to it.[1] He described himself as "the Sherlock Holmes of Americanisms".[1]
He was the founder of the American Cryptogram Association and a champion scrabble player.
At the age of 23 he wrote "Washington Crossing the Delaware," a 14-line sonnet in which every line is an anagram of the first.
Works
- Shulman, David. An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography. New York, London: Garland Publishing Co., 1976.
- "Scientists Baffled: George Washington Spotted on Venus!!!" in Chapter 14: "On the Untranslatable" in Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language, by Douglas R. Hofstadter. pp 438-439
Notes
External links
- David Shulman. Obituary, reprinted in The Scotsman, Monday November 8, 2004.
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (1936) by David Shulman. An anagramatic poem.
- NSA: The Rare Book Collection in the National Cryptologic Museum. Contains reference to Shulman's 1976 bibliography.
- Straight From The H Files: The Hot Dog's True History from the web site of the National Hot Dog and Sausage Association
- letter dated June 19, 1998 More on 'The Big Apple' from The Christian Science Monitor. Barry Popik claims he and Gerald Cohen have the correct origin for the term.