Algeo, John
ALGEO, John
ALGEO, John. American, b. 1930. Genres: Language/Linguistics. Career: Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia, Athens, 1994- (member of faculty 1971-94; Head of the Dept., 1975-79; Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor of English). Assistant Professor, Professor, and Assistant Dean of Graduate School, University of Florida, 1961-71. Editor, American Speech mag., 1971-81; National President, Theosophical Society in America, 1993-2002; International Vice President, Theosophical Society, 2002-; Editor, Quest mag. 1995-. Publications: Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language, 1966, rev. ed., 2004; (with T. Pyles) English: An Introduction to Language, 1970; On Defining the Proper Name, 1973; Exercises in Contemporary English, 1974; (with T. Pyles) Origins and Development of the English Language, 1982, rev. ed., 2004; Reincarnation Explored, 1987; Fifty Years among the New Words, 1991; (with S.J. Nicholson) The Power of Thought, 2001; Unlocking the Door, 2001. EDITOR: T. Pyles: Selected Essays on English Usage, 1979; (assoc.) The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 1992; Cambridge History of the English Language, vol. 6: English in North America, 2001; The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky, vol. 1, 2003. Address: PO Box 80206, Athens, GA 30608-0206, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]