Nahum Stutchkoff

Nahum Stutchkoff (born 7 June 1893 in Brok near Łomża, Russian Empire, now Poland; died 6 November 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City), was a Yiddish-Polish and later Yiddish-American actor, author, lexicographer, and radio host. The largest Yiddish dictionary ever to be finished was compiled by him: the ''Oytser fun der yidisher shprakh'' ("The Treasure [Thesaurus] of the Yiddish Language"). Provided by Wikipedia