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'''David Shulman''' ([[November 12]], [[1912]]–[[October 30]], [[2004]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[lexicographer]] and [[cryptographer]].
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'''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 [http://www.oed.com/archive/oed2-preface/hist-other.html "Readers and contributors from collections" for the second edition of the OED (1989)]. He considered 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"/>
Shulman contributed many early usages to the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' and is listed among "Readers and contributors from collections" for the 1989 second edition of the OED.<ref>{{cite web |title=Other contributors - Preface to the Second Edition (1989) - Oxford English Dictionary |url=http://www.oed.com/archive/oed2-preface/hist-other.html |publisher=OED |access-date=28 June 2023 |date=16 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516195638/http://www.oed.com/archive/oed2-preface/hist-other.html |archive-date=2008-05-16 }}</ref> He said that 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> Shulman described himself as "the Sherlock Holmes of Americanisms".<ref name = "Obit"/>


He was the founder of the American Cryptogram Association. He was a champion scrabble player.
Shulman was a member of the [[American Cryptogram Association]] from 1933, and was a champion [[Scrabble]] player. 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 title.

He was also the author of "[[Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet)|Washington Crossing the Delaware]]," a 14-line [[sonnet]] in which every line was an anagram of the first.


== Works ==
== Works ==
* Shulman, David. An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography. New York, London: Garland Publishing Co., 1976.
* Shulman, David. An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography. New York, London: Garland Publishing Co., 1976.
* Shulman, David. Supplement to An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography. 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://5099.sydneyplus.com/final/Portal/Default.aspx?lang=en-US&g_AABJ=shulman+supplement&d=d |title=Supplement to An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography |publisher=SydneyPlus |access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>
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* "Scientists Baffled: George Washington Spotted on Venus!!!" in Chapter 14: "On the Untranslatable" in [[Le Ton beau de Marot|Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language]], by [[Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas R. Hofstadter]]. pp.&nbsp;438–439


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* "Scientists Baffled: George Washington Spotted on Venus!!!" in Chapter 14: "On the Untranslatable" in [[Le Ton beau de Marot|Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language]], by [[Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas R. Hofstadter]]. pp 438-439
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* [[Anagrammatic poem]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=1288412004 David Shulman]. Obituary, reprinted in The Scotsman, Monday November 8, 2004.
* [http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/David-Shulman.2578502.jp David Shulman]. Obituary, reprinted in The Scotsman, Monday November 8, 2004.
* [http://researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu/cs4624/RevWar/War/Cross.html Washington Crossing the Delaware] (1936) by David Shulman. An anagramatic poem.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050516021807/http://researchsmp2.cc.vt.edu/cs4624/RevWar/War/Cross.html Washington Crossing the Delaware] (1936) by David Shulman. An anagramatic poem.
* [http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00013.cfm NSA: The Rare Book Collection in the National Cryptologic Museum]. Contains reference to Shulman's 1976 bibliography.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041119114143/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.hot-dog.org/facts/TheHFiles.htm Straight From The H Files: The Hot Dog's True History] from the web site of [http://www.hot-dog.org/default.htm the National Hot Dog and Sausage Association]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103045703/http://www.hot-dog.org/ht/d/sp/i/38595/pid/38595 Straight From The "H" Files: The Hot Dog's True History] from the web site of the [[National Hot Dog and Sausage Council]]
*[[The Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Humanities]] The Sigmund H. Danziger, Jr. Memorial Lecture in the Humanities 1999–2000
* letter dated June 19, 1998 [http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1998/06/19/p8s2.htm More on 'The Big Apple'] from [[The Christian Science Monitor]]. Barry Popik claims he and Gerald Cohen have the correct origin for the term.
* letter dated June 19, 1998 [http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1998/06/19/p8s2.htm More on 'The Big Apple']{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from [[The Christian Science Monitor]]. Barry Popik claims he and Gerald Cohen have the correct origin for the term.
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* [[Anagramatic poem]]


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Revision as of 00:53, 5 January 2024

For the Indologist, see David Dean Shulman.

David Shulman (November 12, 1912 – October 30, 2004) was an American lexicographer and cryptographer.

Shulman contributed many early usages to the Oxford English Dictionary and is listed among "Readers and contributors from collections" for the 1989 second edition of the OED.[1] He said that he felt most at home in the New York Public Library, undertaking his lexicographic research there and donating many valuable items to it.[2] Shulman described himself as "the Sherlock Holmes of Americanisms".[2]

Shulman was a member of the American Cryptogram Association from 1933, and was 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 title.

Works

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Other contributors - Preface to the Second Edition (1989) - Oxford English Dictionary". OED. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b David Shulman Obituary
  3. ^ "Supplement to An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography". SydneyPlus. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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