Philip Babcock Gove
Philip Babcock Gove | |
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Died | November 16, 1972 | (aged 70)
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Employer | G. and C. Merriam Company |
Notable work | Webster's Third New International Dictionary |
Philip Babcock Gove (June 27, 1902–November 16, 1972) was an American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961.
Born in Concord, New Hampshire, he received his A.B. from Dartmouth College, his A.M. from Harvard University, his Ph.D. from Columbia University, and his D.Litt. from Dartmouth. He started working for the G. and C. Merriam Company in 1946. Gove was managing editor of Webster's Third from 1950 to 1952, general editor from 1952 to 1960, and editor-in-chief from 1960 until his retirement in 1967.[1][2]
Gove's work on Webster's Third was highly controversial for its descriptive rather than proscriptive approach, its minimalist approach to labeling informal or slang terms as such, and the inclusion of swear words with the notable exception of fuck.[3]
Gove died at his home in Warren, Massachusetts of a heart attack on November 16, 1972, survived by his wife and three children.[1]
References
- ^ a b (17 November 1972). Dr. Philip B. Gove, 70, Is Dead; Editor of the Webster's Third, The New York Times
- ^ Woolfe, Henry Bosley Philip Babcock Gove: 27 June 1902-16 November 1972, American Speech, Vol. 45, No 3/4, pp. 163-67(
- ^ Skinner, David. "Philip Gove and "Our Word"". The American Scholar. Phi Beta Kappa. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- Herbert C. Morton. The Story of Webster's Third: Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- James Sledd and Wilma R. Ebbit, editors. Dictionaries and That Dictionary. Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1962.
- David Skinner. "The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever". 2012.
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- Philip Babcock Gove at Library of Congress, with 14 library catalog records
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