Laurence Urdang (1927–2008)
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Laurence Urdang is a professional lexicographer. Lexicographer Laurence Urdang was born in Manhattan on March 21, 1927. He served in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. He graduated from Columbia University and did graduate work there in linguistics, but never completed his näytä lisää graduate degree. He was a lecturer in linguistics at New York University from 1956 to 1961. He helped create more than 100 dictionaries and reference books including -Ologies and -Isms; The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words; and a dictionary on synonyms and antonyms. In 1969, he started Laurence Urdang Associates, Ltd., which published about 150 books on words and language. In 1974, he found Verbatim, a quarterly newsletter on language. He died from congestive heart failure on August 21. 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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The New York Times Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words (1968) 393 kappaletta
Allusions: Cultural, literary, Biblical, and historical : a thematic dictionary (1982) 18 kappaletta
Three Toed Sloths and Seven League Boots: A Dictionary of Numerical Expressions (1986) 17 kappaletta
The Whole Ball of Wax and Other Colloquial Sayings: What They Mean & How They Started (1988) 14 kappaletta
Mottoes: A Compilation of More Than 9,000 Mottoes from Around the World and Throughout History, With Foreign Examples… (1986) 4 kappaletta
Holidays and anniversaries of the world : a comprehensive catalogue containing detailed information on every month and… (1985) 2 kappaletta
The Random House Thesaurus a Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, More Than 80,000 Words (1988) 2 kappaletta
The Official Associated Press Almanach 1973 (Successor to The New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac) 1 kappale
Newnes Italian Dictionary 1 kappale
The American Century Dictionary 1 kappale
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Collins dictionary of the English language (1979) — Editorial Director, eräät painokset — 564 kappaletta
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- Claurene DuGran
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- 1927-03-27
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- 2008-08-21
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- USA
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- Manhattan, New York, USA
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- Branford, Connecticut, USA
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- Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK - Ammatit
- lexicographer
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