About Stuart Berg Flexner
Lived 1928 – 1990 (aged 61–62). Stuart Berg Flexner was an American lexicographer and editor.
Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990) was a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including I Hear America Talking and Listening to America; as co-editor of the Dictionary of American Slang and as chief editor of the Random House Dictionary, Second Edition.
Personal life Flexner was the son of clothing retailer David Flexner and Gertrude, née Berg. He was twice married, first to Miriam Bogen and then to Doris Louise Hurcomb.
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American lexicographer (1928–1990)
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Stuart Berg Flexner was born in 1928.
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Stuart Berg Flexner died in 1990.
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