Albert C. Baugh

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Albert Croll Baugh (February 26, 1891 – March 21, 1981) was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, best known as the author of a textbook for History of the English language (HEL).[1] His A History of the English Language was first published in 1935 and praised as "worthy to take a place with the other great histories of single languages".[2][3] It was revised by Baugh for a second edition published in 1957 and it remains in print, edited by Thomas Cable (by Baugh and Cable from the third edition, 1978).

Biography[]

Baugh was born in Philadelphia, earned his Master of Arts (M.A.) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and taught in its English department from 1912, as a reader, to 1961.[4]

Baugh died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital on March 21, 1981 at age 90. He was survived by his wife, formerly Nita Scudder, and two sons.[4]

Selected works[]

  • A Literary History Of England (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948), editor — Baugh wrote the second of four parts, "The Middle English Period, 1100–1500"[5]
  • A History of the English Language (D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935) — six editions to 2013, the last four by Baugh and Thomas Cable

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Albert Croll Baugh (1891-1981)".
  2. ^ Kent, Ronald G. (1936). "Rev. of Baugh, A History of the English Language". Language. 12 (1): 72–75. doi:10.2307/409029. JSTOR 409029.
  3. ^ Bloomfield, Morton C. (1958). "Rev. of Baugh, A History of the English Language". Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 57 (4): 796. JSTOR 27707189. Review of the second edition (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957), the last by Baugh alone.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Albert C. Baugh Is Dead; Noted Medieval Scholar". The New York Times. March 27, 1981. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  5. ^ "A literary history of England". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-09-13.

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