Leonard Bloomfield Quick Facts

Leonard Bloomfield is a 20th century American linguist and professor of Germanic languages. Profile Birth Name: Leonard Bloomfield Date of Birth: April 1, 1887 Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA Date of Death: April 18, 1949 Place of Death: New Haven, Connecticut, USA Cause of Death: Illness...

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Eric Lenneberg Quick Facts

Eric Lenneberg (1921 –1975) was a 20th century linguist, neurologist, and educator. Profile Birth Name: Eric Heinz Lenneberg Date of Birth: September 19, 1921 Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Date of Death: May 31, 1975 Place of Death: White Plains, Westchester, New York,...

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Jean Piaget Quick Facts

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a 20th century Swiss biologist, philosopher, psychologist, and educator. Profile Birth Name: Jean William Piaget AKA: Jean William Fritz Piaget Date of Birth: August 9, 1896 Place of Birth: Neuchatel, Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Date of Death: September...

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Stephen Krashen Quick Facts

Stephen Krashen (b. 1941) is an American Linguist, educational researcher, political activist, and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California. Profile Birth Name: Stephen Krashen Date of Birth: 1941 Placf Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA Nationality: American Alma Mater: University...

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Larry Selinker Quick Facts

Larry Selinker (1937) is an American linguist and the world’s most influential Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theorist. Profile Birth Name: Larry Selinker Date of Birth: September 19, 1937 Zodiac Sign: Virgo Nationality: American Spouse: Phyllis Selinker Children: Mike Selinker Alma Mater:...

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