Henry Allan Gleason (linguist)
Henry Allan Gleason | |
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Hartford Seminary | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Linguistics |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a
Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto
.
Career
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]
Personal life
Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society,[2] and a pastor in Fancy Gap, Virginia.[5] His father was botanist
Andrew Gleason
was his brother.
References
- ^ Praxis: News from Hartford Seminary. XIX (1): 10. April 2007.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ ISBN 978-0-03-010465-7.
- JSTOR 410568.
- ^ Obituary at the Linguist List
- ^ "Gleason, H. Allan Jr". Hartford Courant. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
Gleason, H. Allan Jr. January 18, 2007
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