Borgmann, Dmitri Alfred

Born: 1927 AD
Died: 1985 AD, at 58 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Authors

1927 - Dmitri Alfred Borgmann was born.

1965 - He is an author probably best known for coining the word "Logology" and writing the logological book, Language On Vacation: An Olio of Orthographical Oddities.

1968 - He also founded Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics.

- He was a member of MENSA and was of German-Ukrainian background. He has two sons, Mark and Keith.

1985 - Dmitri Borgmann died.

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