John Pickering (linguist)
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John Pickering (7 February 1777 – 5 May 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)
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