Henry Allan Gleason (linguist)

Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason, Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

This article is about the linguist. For his father, the botanist, see Henry A. Gleason (botanist).
Henry Allan Gleason
With his brother, mathematician Andrew Mattei Gleason (left), in Toronto, 1969
BornApril 18, 1917
DiedJanuary 13, 2007(2007-01-13) (aged 89)
Alma materHartford Seminary
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity 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][5]

Personal life

Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society,[2] and a pastor in Fancy Gap, Virginia.[6] His father was botanist Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.

References
  1. Praxis: News from Hartford Seminary. XIX (1): 10. April 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Gleason, Henry Allan (1961). An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 503. ISBN 978-0-03-010465-7.
  3. Agard, Frederick B.; William G. Moulton (1956-07-01). "Review of "An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics"". Language. 32 (3): 469–477. doi:10.2307/410568. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 410568.
  4. Summer Newsletter: 1. August 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Obituary at the Linguist List
  6. "Gleason, H. Allan Jr". Hartford Courant. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011. Gleason, H. Allan Jr. January 18, 2007


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