Joshua Whatmough (June 30, 1897 – April 25, 1964) was an English linguist, professor, and writer from Rochdale, Lancashire who served as the president of the Linguistics Society of America in 1951.[1] He was also the chairman of the department of linguistics at Harvard University from 1926 to his retirement in 1963.[2] He studied comparative philology and classics at the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge.[3][4]

Biography

Whatmough was born in Rochdale, England, the son of iron moulder and a wool weaver Walter and Elizabeth (née Hollows) Whatmough. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Manchester in 1919. He graduated also with an M.A. from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1926.[5] He additionally received an honorary doctorate from the University of Dublin.[2] His first teaching job was at the University College of North Wales. He was married to G. Verona Taylor with whom he had 2 children.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Laura. "WHATMOUGH, Joshua". dbcs.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  2. ^ a b "Prof. Joshua Whatmough Dies; Headed Linguistics at Harvard; Scholar Introduced Statistics to Language Change Study—Author of 3 Books". The New York Times. 1964-04-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  3. ^ a b "Joshua Whatmough is Dead at 67; Created Department of Linguistics | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  4. ^ "Joshua Whatmough | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  5. ^ Hamp, Eric (1966). "Joshua Whatmough". Language. 42 (3): 620–631. ISSN 0097-8507.
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