John Matthews Manly

2 September 1865-2 April 1940
American professor of English literature and philology at the University of Chicago. 
Author of various books, some of which are mentioned on LibraryThing at 
In 1931 published a paper in Speculum (for which the Wikipedia page is ) disproving William Romaine Newbold's deciphering of the Voynich Manuscript: what had been seen as micrography was merely the ink of the manuscript cracking as it aged.
In 1931 published a paper in Speculum (for which the Wikipedia page is ) disproving William Romaine Newbold's deciphering of the Voynich Manuscript - what the latter had seen as micrography was merely the product of ink drying and cracking.
A biography can be found here, a University of Chicago Library Guide to his papers here, and another on his Wikipedia page at .
The JSTOR link for his article is , and a list of his writings can be found here. The Cipher Mysteries page is here..
Links checked March 2019.
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