According to Oscar lore, the Academy Award was given its nickname by Margaret Herrick, the Academy librarian. Who did she name it after?

The story goes that when Herrick saw the award, she said, "Why, it looks like my Uncle Oscar!" (We don't know why her uncle walked around naked and carrying a sword, either.) The nickname was officially adopted in 1939.

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