Isaac K Funk
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 Isaac Kaufmann Funk September 10, 1839 – April 4, 1912 |
My mom would pass on sets from my uncle and various other sources and even made a weekly trip to the local piggly wiggly to buy a Funk and Wagnalls volume until we had amassed not only a complete set, but several yearbooks as well.
Then there were the Golden Book Encylopedia and Grollier's sets and I made it a point to devour each and every tome as if they weren't going to make anymore.
The sum result in this has been an enhancement of the body of knowledge I acquired during the course of my childhood and youth which was unsurpassed in that dull and commonplace environment such as the South Carolina and Florida public schools.
Isaac Kaufmann Funk was a Lutheran minister,lexicographer, editor, publisher, and spelling reformer from the USA.
He cofounded the Funk & Wagnalls Company. He was the father of author and publisher Wilfred J. Funk who contributed the "Word Power" feature in Reader's Digest from 1945 to 1962. He was the grandfather of author Peter Funk, who continued "Word Power" until 2003.
Funk & Wagnalls Company was the publisher of The Literary Digest, The Standard Dictionary of the English Language, and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia ... of which I was the proud owner of a complete set for many years.