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This article is about the linguist. For his father, the botanist, see Henry A. Gleason (botanist).

Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a linguist and 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 Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.

References

  1. ^ Praxis: News from Hartford Seminary. XIX (1): 10. April 2007. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Obituary at the Linguist List
  5. ^ "Gleason, H. Allan Jr". Hartford Courant. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011. Gleason, H. Allan Jr. January 18, 2007

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