John Pickering (linguist)
John Pickering (February 7, 1777 - May 5, 1846) was an American linguist. He was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1839 to 1846.[1] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
He graduated from Harvard University.[2][3] He worked on the orthography of native languages.[4]
He is buried at Broad Street Cemetery.[5]
Family[]
His father was Timothy Pickering.[1]
Works[]
- A Vocabulary, or, Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Supposed to Be Peculiar to the U.S. of America (1816)
References[]
- ^ a b White, Daniel Appleton (1847). Eulogy on John Pickering, president of the american academy of arts and sciences: Delivered before the academy, Octb. 28. 1846. Metcalf and comp.
- ^ Pickering, Mary Orne (1887). Life of John Pickering. private distribution.
- ^ Jefferson, Thomas (2019-02-19). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 15: 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18911-6.
- ^ Stevens, Cj (1956-04-01). "John Pickering's "uniform orthography";". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 42 (2): 139–143. doi:10.1080/00335635609382140. ISSN 0033-5630.
- ^ "John Pickering (1777-1846) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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