Isaac K. Funk
Lexicographer, Author
1839 – 1912
Who was Isaac K. Funk?
Isaac Kaufmann Funk was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk, and the grandfather of author Peter Funk. Wilfred Funk founded his own publishing company "Wilfred Funk, Inc.", and wrote the "Word Power" feature in Reader's Digest from 1945. The feature was carried on by Peter Funk from 1962-1998. Funk & Wagnalls Company published The Literary Digest, The Standard Dictionary of the English Language, and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia,
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1839
Clifton - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Wittenberg University
- Lived in
- Ohio
- Died
- Apr 4, 1912
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on July 23, 2013
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