Dmitri Borgmann

Dmitri Borgmann
Dmitri Borgmann
Born August 22, 1927 (1927-08-22) (age 84)
Berlin, Germany
Died 1985
Nationality German
Known for logology

Dmitri Alfred Borgmann (October 22, 1927–1985) is an author probably best known for coining the word "logology" and writing the 1965 logological book, Language On Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities. He also founded Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics in 1968 and was a member of MENSA[citation needed].

His book also led Ross Eckler and Trip Payne to join the National Puzzlers' League.[citation needed] Eckler dedicated his book Making the Alphabet Dance to Borgmann, calling him "the father of logology".

Borgmann was born in Berlin, Germany and fled to Chicago, United States with the rise Nazi Germany. He graduated from the University of Chicago and later worked as an actuarian. In 1962 Borgmann married Iris Sterling and had two sons: Mark and Keith.[1]

Bibliography

  • Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities Copyright 1965. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Beyond Language (Adventures in Word and Thought) Copyright 1967. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Curious Crosswords (edited and annotated by Borgmann) Copyright 1970. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons

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