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William Romaine Newbold
Portrait from University of Pennsylvania, 1887
Born(1865-11-20)November 20, 1865
Wilmington, Delaware
DiedSeptember 8, 1926(1926-09-08) (aged 60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhilosopher
Years active1892-1926
Notable workThe Cipher of Roger Bacon

William Romaine Newbold (November 20, 1865 – September 8, 1926) was an American philosopher who held the Adam Seybert Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy chair at the University of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1926. Newbold was considered an authority on the psychology of religion, Christian Gnosticism, and cryptography.[1] Newbold became most noted for his decoding of the Voynich Manuscript, later disproven.

  1. ^ "William Romaine Newbold (1865-1926)". Penn Biographies. University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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