Henry Allan Gleason | |
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Born | April 18, 1917 |
Died | January 13, 2007 | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Hartford Seminary |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Linguistics |
Institutions | University of Toronto |
Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Gleason began studying at Hartford Seminary in 1938 and received his PhD in 1946. [1] His 1961 text "Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics" (with an accompanying workbook) [2] was described in the journal Language as a suitable update to Leonard Bloomfield's well-known textbook Language. [3] Gleason retired in 1982. [4]
Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society, [2] and a pastor in Fancy Gap, Virginia. [5] His father was botanist Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.
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Henry Allan Gleason | |
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Born | April 18, 1917 |
Died | January 13, 2007 | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Hartford Seminary |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Linguistics |
Institutions | University of Toronto |
Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Gleason began studying at Hartford Seminary in 1938 and received his PhD in 1946. [1] His 1961 text "Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics" (with an accompanying workbook) [2] was described in the journal Language as a suitable update to Leonard Bloomfield's well-known textbook Language. [3] Gleason retired in 1982. [4]
Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society, [2] and a pastor in Fancy Gap, Virginia. [5] His father was botanist Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.
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Gleason, H. Allan Jr. January 18, 2007