Isaac K. Funk
Isaac K. Funk | |
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| Born | Isaac Kaufmann Funk September 10, 1839 Clifton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1912 (aged 72) Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wittenberg College Wittenberg Theological Seminary |
| Occupation(s) | Minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer |
| Known for | Co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Co. |
| Spouses | Eliza Thompson
(m. 1864; died 1868)Helen Gertrude Thompson
(m. 1869; died 1911) |
| Children | Wilfred J. Funk Lida Funk Scott |
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Isaac Kaufmann Funk (September 10, 1839 – April 4, 1912) 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 (who founded his own publishing company, Wilfred Funk, Inc., and wrote the Word Power feature in Reader's Digest from 1945 to 1962), and the grandfather of author Peter Funk, who continued his father's authorship of Word Power until 2003. Funk & Wagnalls Company published The Literary Digest, The Standard Dictionary of the English Language, and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia.