Eugene H. Ehrlich (1922–2008)
Forfatter af Amo, Amas, Amat and More (Hudson Group Books)
Om forfatteren
Eugene Ehrlich is co-editor of the "Oxford American Dictionary" & author of numerous books on language, including "You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A-to-Z Guide to English Words from Around the World". A former professor of English at Columbia University, he lives in Mamaroneck, NY. (Publisher vis mere Provided) Word connoisseur Eugene Ehrlich was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 21, 1922. He attended the City College of New York where he studied languages and education. After graduating, he served in the army as an interrogator of Japanese prisoners. Afterwards, he did graduate work at Teachers College of Columbia University, taught at Farleigh-Dickinson University, worked as a verbal presentation consultant at Bell Labs, taught part time at Columbia University School of General Studies, and was a consultant for defense contractors. His first book, How to Study Better and Get Higher Marks, was published in 1961. He wrote over 40 dictionaries, thesauruses and phrase books. His works included The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate, Les Bons Mots: How to Amaze Tout le Monde with Everyday French, and You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A-to-Z Guide to English Words From Around the World. He died on April 5, 2008 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Eugene H. Ehrlich
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies, Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin (1995) 249 eksemplarer
Nil Desperandum - Carpe Hunc Librum: Dictionary of Latin Tags and Useful Phrases (1985) 148 eksemplarer
The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives: For the Extraordinarily Literate (2002) 113 eksemplarer
The Highly Selective Thesaurus and Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate (2006) 84 eksemplarer
You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A--to--Z Guide to English Words from Around the World (2000) 25 eksemplarer
The art of technical writing 3 eksemplarer
International Thesaurus of Quotations 1 eksemplar
Speed Grammar -- a Ten-day, Step-by-step Course in All the Essentials of Clear Writing (1967) 1 eksemplar
Nil Desperandum Latin Phrases Dictionary 1 eksemplar
Nil Desperandum 1 eksemplar
The New Webster's Concise Office Guide 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Ehrlich, Eugene H.
- Juridisk navn
- Ehrlich, Eugene Harold
- Fødselsdato
- 1922-05-21
- Dødsdag
- 2008-04-05
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Mamaroneck, New York, USA
- Uddannelse
- City College of New York
Columbia University - Erhverv
- lecturer
consultant (Bell Labs) - Relationer
- Ehrlich, Henry (son)
Ehrlich, Richard (son)
Solway, Norma (wife)
Ehrlich, Anne (daughter)
Ehrlich, Jonathan (son) - Organisationer
- Fairleigh-Dickinson University
Columbia University
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- Værker
- 41
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- 1
- Medlemmer
- 4,421
- Popularitet
- #5,669
- Vurdering
- 3.7
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- 92
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