Rabe, W. T.

Wilmer T. "Bill" Rabe was born September 12, 1921 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. During the early 1950s, while serving as publicist at the University of Detroit, Rabe launched what has been described as a "quirky quiz show" called "Ask the Professor" on radio station WJR. While heading up publicity efforts at tiny Lake Superior State University in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Rabe created what is now an annual "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness," based on submissions from the public. Rabe was a member of the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI), invested as "Colonel Warburton's Madness" in 1955. His published works include "Once More, Watson, Into the Breach!!!" (1949), the annual "Sherlockian Who's Who and What's What" (1961-), "The Remarkable Case of the Fudge Trust" (1968), and "We Always Mention Aunt Clara" (1990). Among Sherlockians, Bill Rabe was also known as the publisher of the original "Commonplace Book" and producer of "Voices from Baker Street." Bill Rabe was honored by the BSI in January 1992 for his years of service in organizing the Martha Hudson Breakfast (a part of the BSI annual weekend in New York City) and died a few months later, on April 4, 1992 in Texas after a short illness.

From the description of Rabe collection 1891, 1936-1992. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 320187528

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