Talk:Edward Scheidt

Father reference clarified
To clear up the question raised below, I corresponded with the Edward Scheidt who is the subject of this article. He emailed this to me:

"There were two Ed Scheidt's during the 30's and 40's - one was the FBI lead and not my father; the other worked in Alaska before it was a state and with his German reported on Russian activities. Mom and I also lived in Alaska for several years before moving back to La while my father stayed in Alaska." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucas gonze (talk • contribs) 17:50, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

If you're in touch with him again, perhaps get him to clarify the quote from the old CIA website - I have not found a reference for anything like a paper or an acknowledgement in a paper for this.

''Scheidt has also contributed to cracking codes in the academic world. He helped break a Middle Age manuscript that illustrated an alcohol distilling process by guiding the translator to what he thought was the methodology that provided the key.

“Not too exciting today, but in the 13th century, how to make alcohol would have been a secret and not shared with the masses,” Scheidt said.''

Cancerward (talk) 22:44, 1 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Just in case any curious people have arrived here - this enciphered manuscript appears to be the "Mappae Clavicula". The French Wikipedia page has a good article on it now. There's an exhaustive bibliography by Seth Rasmussen called Distillation and the Isolation of Alcohol. The only enciphered manuscript in the list is "Mappae Clavicula". Cancerward (talk) 03:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Father reference wrong
This detail must be wrong:

> His father, Edward F. Scheidt, worked for the FBI and held the position of Director of the New York City FBI Field Office

My own grandfather's name was Edward Scheidt. My grandfather worked for the FBI and held the position of Director of the New York City FBI Field Office. Clearly my grandfather is the person being referred to in this paragraph.

That would make the Edward Scheidt who is the subject of the article my uncle, but he is not in fact any relation to me. The children of the Ed Scheidt who was Director of the New York City FBI Field Office were Ruth Gonze and Elsa Rush.

This error must have been caused by the similarity in names.

At some later time I will come back and modify the article. I just want to post this note in advance.

Lucas gonze (talk) 17:00, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

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