Einar Haugen
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Einar Ingvald Haugen (/ˈhaʊɡən/; April 19, 1906 – June 20, 1994) was an American linguist and writer known for his influential work in American sociolinguistics[1] and Norwegian-American studies, [2] [3] including Old Norse studies.
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Born | Einar Ingvald Haugen (1906-04-19)April 19, 1906 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | June 20, 1994(1994-06-20) (aged 88) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
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Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. |
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Discipline | Linguist |
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Haugen was a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University. [4] He also served as president of the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. Haugen was also a member of the Board of Editors of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. [5] In 1972 he was awarded an honorary degree, doctor philos. honoris causa, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, later part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[6]