About Henry Allan Gleason
Lived 1917 – 2007 (aged 89). Henry Allan Gleason was a linguist and university teacher.
Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was an American linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Career Gleason began studying at Hartford Seminary in 1938 and received his PhD in 1946. His 1961 text "Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics" (with an accompanying workbook) was described in the journal Language as a suitable update to Leonard Bloomfield's well-known textbook Language. Gleason retired in 1982.
Personal life Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society, His father was botanist Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.
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American linguist (1917–2007)
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Henry Allan Gleason was a linguist and university teacher.
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