George L. Campbell (8 September 1912 – 15 December 2004) was a Scottish linguist who worked for the BBC World Service from 1939 to 1974. He spoke forty-four languages and had a working knowledge of around twenty more.[2][3][4][5][6]
george, campbell, september, 1912, december, 2004, scottish, linguist, worked, world, service, from, 1939, 1974, spoke, forty, four, languages, working, knowledge, around, twenty, more, born, 1912, september, 1912, dingwall, scotlanddied15, december, 2004, 200. George L Campbell 8 September 1912 15 December 2004 was a Scottish linguist who worked for the BBC World Service from 1939 to 1974 He spoke forty four languages and had a working knowledge of around twenty more 2 3 4 5 6 George L CampbellBorn 1912 09 08 8 September 1912 1 Dingwall ScotlandDied15 December 2004 2004 12 15 aged 92 Brighton EnglandEducationUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of LeipzigLondon UniversityEmployerBBC World Service 1939 74 Known forPolyglottismNotable workCompendium of the World s Languages 1991 SpouseJen PorteousChildren2Publications editCampbell George L 1991 Compendium of the World s Languages London Routledge ISBN 0 415 02937 6 Campbell George L 1995 Concise Compendium of the World s Languages London Routledge ISBN 0 415 11392 X Campbell George L 1997 Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets London Routledge ISBN 0 415 13715 2 References edit Campbell George L Library of Congress George Campbell Dies Spoke 44 Languages The Washington Post 20 December 2004 Archived from the original on 26 July 2008 George Campbell fluent in 44 languages The Boston Globe 21 December 2004 George L Campbell 92 Fluent in More Than 40 Languages Los Angeles Times 21 December 2004 George Campbell linguist The Scotsman 21 December 2004 George Campbell The Herald 27 January 2005 nbsp nbsp This biography of a British linguist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George L Campbell amp oldid 1206706383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
