Randall Garrett
A prolific writer for Astounding and other science fiction magazines in the 1950s.
Troy Soos
author of The Mickey Rawlings baseball mystery books...
Umberto Eco, author of "The Name Of The Rose"-- with Brother William of Baskerville as his fictonal detective.
Nero Wolfe--created by Rex Stout
Collier Young--creator of the character Robert Ironside, for the TV series, "Ironside".
Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the CSI series
(I don't know about Xenagoras and detective fiction.. thought he was a geographer; and Verlaine? More than a poet?)
Now: words or phrases coined in or after the 20th century
artificial intelligence
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
gentrification
"Googling" something
genetic engineering
Helicopter pilots are well coordinated individuals.
iPAQ
in vitro fertilization
