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VMs: Fw: What's in a name?



Here is some additional information related to this article:
 
It was written by
 
Paula Morris, D.Phil.,
Brooklyn, New York
 
Sources:
 
Drabble, Margaret,ed. The Oxford Companion to English Literature.
5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985.
 
Shattock, Joanne: The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
 
Regards,
Dana Scott 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: DANA SCOTT
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 8:19 PM
To: voynich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: What's in a name?
 
I learned today that Wilfred (also seen as Wilfrid) M. Voynich's name was originally Habdank-Woynicz. I still do not know where Wilfred originated from? 
 
 
Reference:
 
Voynich, Ethel (1864-1960)
Women in World History
A Biographical Encyclopedia
Vol. 16 Vict-X, p. 85
Anne Commure, Editor
Deborah Klezmer, Associate Editor
Yorkin Publications
Gale Group, Thomson Learning
ISBN 0-7876-4075-1
 
 
Habdank ("Thank you" in German, for those of us who didn't know):
 
Regards,
Dana Scott