Leonell C. Strong

American scientist (1894–1982)

Leonell C. Strong ((1894-01-19)19 January 1894 – (1982-08-31)31 August 1982) was a cancer research scientist and amateur cryptographer.

In 1947 he published a translation of two pages of the Voynich Manuscript in which he claimed that the author was Anthony Askham (who, in fact lived about a century after the VM has since been proved to have been created).

In 1978 he received the William B. Coley Award.

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A selection of his letters
His personal papers
Biography
Another biography
Strong, L C (1976). "A Baconian in cancer research: autobiographical essay". Cancer Res Cancer research. 36 (10): 3534–53. ISSN 0008-5472. OCLC 115888750.