Reverend Isaac Kaufman Funk

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Reverend Isaac Kaufman Funk

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Clifton, Greene County, Ohio, United States
Death: April 04, 1912 (72)
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Place of Burial: New York, Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Funk and Martha Funk
Husband of Helen Gertrude Funk
Father of James A. Funk and Wilfred John Funk
Brother of Martha Kauffman Funk; Barbara Elizabeth Steinberger; Henry Jefferson Funk; Catherine "Katie" C Deaver; Christian C Funk and 3 others

Managed by: Jim Wile
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About Reverend Isaac Kaufman Funk

Editor, Lexicographer, Publisher. He attended Wittenberg College (Now Wittenberg University) and Wittenberg Theological Seminary, was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1860, and served pastorates in several states. In 1876, to publish religious texts, he founded I. K. Funk and Company. The following year he was joined by a former Wittenberg classmate, Adam Willis Wagnalls. By 1890, the company was known as Funk and Wagnalls. Their best known work, "The Standard Dictionary of the English Language", was published in 1893, after which the company became best known for reference books. Later in life, Funk was noted less for his language work than for his research into psychic phenomena and related publications, most notably "The Psychic Riddle" (1907). (bio by: Bob Collins)

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Reverend Isaac Kaufman Funk's Timeline

1839
September 10, 1839
Clifton, Greene County, Ohio, United States
1876
March 27, 1876
1883
March 20, 1883
Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
1912
April 4, 1912
Age 72
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States