Clifford S. Leonard, Jr.
Clifford S. Leonard, Jr. (born April 22, 1928 in New Haven (Connecticut) , † September 14, 1999 ) was an American Romance studies and linguist.
life and work
Leonard, Jr. graduated from Yale University and Middlebury College with a Masters degree in 1953. He obtained his doctorate in 1960 from Cornell University in Ithaca (New York) with the thesis A reconstruction of Proto-Rhaeto-Romance and its implications for the history of French (in: Dissertation Abstracts 20, 1961, p. 1946; Ann Arbor 1986).
He taught from 1960 to 1967 at Cornell University and from 1967 to 1969 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , and finally from 1969 to 1994 as Associate Professor of Romance Studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor .
Other works
- Umlaut in romance. An essay in linguistic archeology , Grossen-Linden 1978
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonard, Clifford S. Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonard, Clifford Shattuck Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance studies and linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven (Connecticut) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1999 |