| 词条 | Michael Samuels (linguist) |
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Michael Louis Samuels (14 September 1920 – 24 November 2010)[1] was a British historical linguist, responsible for the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. LifeSamuels was born 14 September 1920 in London, the son of Harry Samuels, and Céline Aronowitz: his sister was actress Miriam Karlin (1925–2011).[1] His was an orthodox Jewish upbringing, but he later said he was an atheist.[2] He studied at St Paul's school, and Balliol College, Oxford, initially to study classics, but graduating with first-class honours in English in 1947, after wartime service with the Air Ministry.[1] In 1950 he married Hilary, and they had a daughter Vivien.[1] His academic career began with a research fellowship at the University of Birmingham followed by a lectureship at Edinburgh University. He became Professor of English Language at Glasgow University in 1959, staying until his retirement in 1990.[1][3] After this academic retirement he continued to work, especially on the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, a project he had begun in 1965. In 1979 Professor Christian Kay joined the project, working with Samuels until his retirement in 1989 and continuing to work on it until fruition. [3][4][5][6][7] The finished work was eventually published in October 2009.[4][1] He died 24 November 2010 and was survived by his wife, daughter and sister.[1] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 [https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/dec/15/michael-samuels-obituary Guardian Education 15 December 2010] Michael Samuels obituary 2. ^The Jewish Chronicle 20 August 2009 "Where to find ‘Jew Tongo’? In biggest-ever thesaurus" 3. ^University of Glasgow News Archive 28 June 2006 Distinguished figures from the worlds of arts, conservation and science are to be honoured by the University of Glasgow 4. ^{{cite web|title=Professor M.L. Samuels (1920-2010)|url=http://historicalthesaurus.arts.gla.ac.uk/professor-samuels/|website=The Historical Thesaurus of English|publisher=University of Glasgow|accessdate=24 October 2014}}
10 : 1920 births|2010 deaths|Academics of the University of Glasgow|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|English atheists|English Jews|Ashkenazi Jews|English philologists|Jewish atheists|People educated at St Paul's School, London |
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