Talk:Wilfrid Voynich

message: His Polish page says that he was born in Grodno (today in Belarus) and not in Telsze (now Telšiai in Lithuania).Tsf 18:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is apparently a mistake, since Voynich himself claimed to have been born in Telsze. See for an example his passenger records at ellisisland.org. · Naive cynic · 23:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Shows how the Julian Calendar has faded from general usage (Mount Athos is the most notable present adherent).
Which date did WV use as his 'official birthday'? Jackiespeel (talk) 10:35, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

text: As he used October 31 perhaps both dates (Old Style/O.S. and New Style/N.S.) should be given - this is done with a number of other 'persons of the Russian Empire.' Jackiespeel (talk) 16:59, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

text: If you wish to add material or links to the Wikia article do so. WV is at least as interesting in his own right as his manuscript. Jackiespeel (talk) 10:18, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW He and Ethel had no children - so if you change the family tree appropriately (is there one for George Boole (Ethel's father)?).) Jackiespeel (talk) 10:21, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of birth 

message: Quoted in The Times an exchange: "Is it true you have written books in 20 languages?" "Ah, you English exaggerate - I have only written in 17 languages." Jackiespeel (talk) 22:39, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Books and writing

message: According to the Ancestry website the Voynichs married in 1902. Jackiespeel (talk) 17:39, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of marriage

message: I wrote it, so I can I put in a link to ? Jackiespeel (talk) 17:40, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: There is no reference in the material on the web that he had any siblings: and, given that his mother came to the Warsaw prison (a window from which he saw Ethel Boole), it can be deduced his father was dead by then. Nor is there any information on how he returned from Pekin/Beijing to Europe. Jackiespeel (talk) 12:29, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Absences of information'

message: WV's birthplace is given as Lithuania - but he would say that he was born in Russian Poland and fought for Polish independence, should the text not reflect this? Jackiespeel (talk) 10:10, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth country

message: He would have been regarded as a Russian national (even though he was a Polish nationalist) until he acquired British nationality in 1904 (naturalisation papers at The National Archives - see their website). There is no indication that he became a US citizen ( is not sure that he did). Jackiespeel (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Nationality

message: 'Wilfrid Voynich, born Wilfrid Voynich' - should be Michał Habdank-Wojnicz? Jackiespeel (talk) 19:29, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Leadin

message: Would  count as a reference? Jackiespeel (talk) 16:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: The text says '...Suwałki (a town in northeastern Poland),...' - perhaps it should be 'a town then in (Russian Poland) and now# in ...'? Jackiespeel (talk) 22:32, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:46, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Localities