The following is quoted from The New York Times obituary notices on Thursday, March 20, 1930, p.27, col. 5:
Deaths
"VOYNICH--On March 19, 1930, at Roosevelt Hospital, Wilfrid Michael, of London and New York, beloved husband of Ethel Lillian Voynich. Funeral notice later."
From Dr. Beatrice Gottlieb I learned that Wilfrid Voynich died from cancer, thus the short 3 month prognosis for the amount of time that he had remaining.
Additional comments concerning "Cathedral Library Thefts" below:
Regards,
Dana Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: Rafal T. Prinke
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 10:53 AM
To: vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: VMs: new revelations
Nick Pelling wrote:
> Physical evidence on early ms sold by Voynich may already have been
> established... having a list of these (and their purchasers) would be an
> interesting exercise... :-o
Jim Reeds lists the following item in his bibliography:
Times [Newspaper of London]. ``Cathedral Library Thefts: Old
Volumes Traced.'' 11 May 1916, p 4 col 1. [Disputed ownership
of book in WMV's possession. Not seen.]
This article effectively establishes Wilfrid M. Voynich as a credible antiquarian because it was through his approach to the Cathedral that he suspected that he might be in the posession of a book that had previously been stolen from the Cathedral library. After sufficient evidence was provided by the Church to identify the volume, Voynich returned the property at a financial loss ($300 as I recall) to himself. The court was satisfied with Voynich's forthright handling of the incident. Of course, this could be argued the other way around that it was all a ruse set up by Voynich to help establish his credibility. Note that Voynich had already moved to New York by this time.
There are also 3 obituaries:
Times [Newspaper of London]. ``Mr. W. M. Voynich.'' 22 Mar 1930,
p 17 col 2; 25 Mar p 21 col 2; 26 Mar p 18 col 4. [Obituary. Not
seen.]
which indicates that Voynich died shortly before 22 Mar 1930
- but if you happen to visit the BL, checking them for
the exact date would be appreciated (as a genealogist, I feel
uncomfortable without that date!).
> > S.M. Stepniak-Kravchinskii: The London Years
> > (Russian Biography Series, No 33)
> > by Donald Senese
> The BL has two copies, but I probably won't get in to see either for a
> couple of weeks :-(
> > Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly
> > by Richard B. Spence
> The BL appears not to have a copy of this yet, but as it's only been out a
> month in the US, that's probably not entirely surprising. :-/
Maybe they will get it in a couple of weeks? :-)
Best regards,
Rafal
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