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“The book to read is A Journey Into Rabelais' France by Albert Jay Nock; but note that the author’s naming one of Rabelais' characters John of the Funnels is a mistake. The name Jean des Entommeurs is not des Entonnoirs: substitute John the Hacker.” Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence

Sir Thomas Urquhart (1653): John of the Funnels

Samuel Putnam (1946): John Hackem

J. C. Powys (1948): John of the First Cut

J. M. Cohen (1955): John of the Hashes

Burton Raffel (1990): John Mincemeat

Donald Frame (1991): John of the Hashes

Jacques Barzun (2000): John the Hacker

M. A. Screech (2006): Jean des Entommeures