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'''Albert Croll Baugh''' (February 26, 1891 – March 21, 1981) was a professor of English at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], best known as the author of a textbook for [[History of the English language (education)|History of the English language]] ("HEL" at U.S. universities). His ''A History of the English Language'' was first published in 1935 and praised as "worthy to take a place with the other great histories of single languages".<ref name=kent/><ref name=bloomfield/> It was revised by Baugh for a second edition published in 1957 and it remains in print, edited by Thomas Cable (by Baugh and Cable from the third edition, 1978).

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'''Albert Croll Baugh''' (February 26, 1891 – March 21, 1981) was a professor of English at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], best known as the author of a textbook for [[History of the English language (education)|''History of the English language'']] (HEL).<ref>Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "[https://data.bnf.fr/en/12291818/albert_croll_baugh/ Albert Croll Baugh (1891-1981)]".</ref> His ''A History of the English Language'' was first published in 1935 and praised as "worthy to take a place with the other great histories of single languages".<ref name=kent/><ref name=bloomfield/> It was revised by Baugh for a second edition published in 1957 and it remains in print, edited by Thomas Cable (by Baugh and Cable from the third edition, 1978).


==Biography==
==Biography==
Baugh was born in Philadelphia, earned his MA and PhD degrees from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in that city, and taught in its English department from 1912, as a reader, to 1961.<ref name=NYT/>
Baugh was born in Philadelphia, earned his Master of Arts (M.A.) and Ph.D. degrees from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and taught in its English department from 1912, as a reader, to 1961.<ref name=NYT/>

Baugh was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Albert+C.+Baugh&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>


Baugh died at the [[University of Pennsylvania Hospital]] on March 21, 1981 at age 90. He was survived by his wife, formerly Nita Scudder, and two sons.<ref name=NYT/>
Baugh died at the [[University of Pennsylvania Hospital]] on March 21, 1981 at age 90. He was survived by his wife, formerly Nita Scudder, and two sons.<ref name=NYT/> One of his sons was the noted historian of British naval administration, [[Daniel A. Baugh]] of [[Cornell University]].


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
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Albert Croll Baugh (February 26, 1891 – March 21, 1981) was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, best known as the author of a textbook for History of the English language (HEL).[1] His A History of the English Language was first published in 1935 and praised as "worthy to take a place with the other great histories of single languages".[2][3] It was revised by Baugh for a second edition published in 1957 and it remains in print, edited by Thomas Cable (by Baugh and Cable from the third edition, 1978).

Biography

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Baugh was born in Philadelphia, earned his Master of Arts (M.A.) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and taught in its English department from 1912, as a reader, to 1961.[4]

Baugh was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1946.[5]

Baugh died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital on March 21, 1981 at age 90. He was survived by his wife, formerly Nita Scudder, and two sons.[4] One of his sons was the noted historian of British naval administration, Daniel A. Baugh of Cornell University.

Selected works

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  • A Literary History Of England (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948), editor — Baugh wrote the second of four parts, "The Middle English Period, 1100–1500"[6]
  • A History of the English Language (D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935) — six editions to 2013, the last four by Baugh and Thomas Cable

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France {BnF Data}. "Albert Croll Baugh (1891-1981)".
  2. ^ Kent, Ronald G. (1936). "Rev. of Baugh, A History of the English Language". Language. 12 (1): 72–75. doi:10.2307/409029. JSTOR 409029.
  3. ^ Bloomfield, Morton C. (1958). "Rev. of Baugh, A History of the English Language". Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 57 (4): 796. JSTOR 27707189. Review of the second edition (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957), the last by Baugh alone.
  4. ^ a b "Albert C. Baugh Is Dead; Noted Medieval Scholar". The New York Times. March 27, 1981. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  6. ^ "A literary history of England". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
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