Alan Walker Read. Wordsmith. RIP

Posted by James Briggs on November 08, 2002

Alan Walker Read died on 16th October aged 96. He was the man who, among many other things, traced the first use of 'OK' back to the Boston Morning Post in 1839. His obituary appeared in today's Times. It's available on-line for the next few days. Link below.

• Alan Walker Read

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