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Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. For the December 21, 1913, edition, he introduced a puzzle with a diamond shape and a hollow center, with the letters F-U-N already being filled in. He called it a "Word-Cross Puzzle." [6]
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville ([e.dwaʁ.le.ɔ̃ skɔt də maʁ.tɛ̃.vil]; 25 April 1817 – 26 April 1879) was a French printer, bookseller and inventor.. He invented the earliest known sound recording device, the phonautograph, which was patented in France on 25 March 1857.
Frank Whittle (1907–1996), co-inventor of the jet engine William Winlaw (d.1796), patented agricultural machinery Arthur Wynne (1862–1945), inventor of crossword puzzle
Arthur Wynne (1871–1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle. Arthur Wynne may also refer to: Arthur Wynne (British Army officer) (1846–1936), British general; Arthur Beavor Wynne (1837–1906), Anglo-Irish geologist
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Wu Yulu, Chinese farmer and inventor of home-made robots; Adam Wybe (1584–1653), Dutch – inventor of the cable car on multiple supports; Arthur Wynne (1871–1945), UK – creator of crossword puzzle
Merl Harry Reagle (January 5, 1950 – August 22, 2015) was an American crossword constructor. [2] [3] For 30 years, he constructed a puzzle every Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle (originally the San Francisco Examiner), which he syndicated to more than 50 Sunday newspapers, [4] including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Seattle Times, The Plain ...
In 2013, Shortz lent his name and talents in puzzle writing and editing to a new bimonthly publication entitled Will Shortz' WordPlay, published by Penny Press. [17] He has said that his favorite crossword of all time is the Election Day crossword of November 5, 1996, designed by Jeremiah Farrell.