Leonard R. N. Ashley

Leonard R. N. Ashley (born December 5, 1928 in Miami)[1][2][3] is an American writer on the English language. He was for many years professor of English at Brooklyn College.[4]

He served as secretary of the International Linguistic Society (1980 - 1982) and later on its board, was vice-president of Amici Linguarum, and participated in the International Conference on Onomastic Sciences in Europe. Aside from more traditional works on English drama. fiction, and poetry, and books on onomastics and geolinguitics he is also known for his series of popular dictionaries of the occult.[5]

Publications

English literature and linguistics

Popular culture and the occult

Folklore

Textbooks, translations, conference proceedings

Colonial American English (Richard Lederer, ed. Ashley) A Garland of Names (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke (ed. Ashley) Ballad Poetry of Ireland (ed. Ashley) Geolinguistic Perspectived (ed. Ashley, Kenneth H. Rogers, Jesse Levitt) Phantasms of the Living 2 vols., Myers, Podmore, Gurney, ed. Ashley) Reliques of Irish Poetry (ed. Asdhley) Shakespeare's Jest Book (ed. Ashley) Suhrab and Rustum (ed. Ashley) Constructed Language and Language Construction (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language across Border (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language and Communication in the New Century (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language4 and Identity (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language and Poliricws (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language and Popular Culture (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language in Contemporary Society (ed with Wayne H. Finke) Language in the Era of Globalization (ed. with Wayne H. Finke) Language under Controls (ed. with Wayne H. Finke)

References

  1. ↑ Men of achievement: Volume 15 1992 ASHLEY Leonard (Raymond) (Nelligan). b. 5 Dec 1928. Miami. Florida. USA Prof English, Writer, Edit Education: BA 1st class hons 1949, MA 1950, McGill Univ. Canada, AM 1953 and PhD 1956. Princeton Univ., US and afterwards LHD (Columbia Theological), honorary.
  2. ↑ The International authors and writers who's who Ernest Kay - 1989 ASHLEY Leonard R(aymond) N(elligan). b. 5 Dec. 1928, USA. Professor of English; Writer; Editor; Poet. Education BA. 1 st Class Honours 1949, MA 1950, McGill University; AM 1953, PhD 1956, Princeton University
  3. ↑ Elizabethan popular culture - Page 2 Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 "Elizabethan Popular Culture is an anthology which attempts to provide a more recent and specific account of what Professor G. B. Harrison attempted in a book published the year I was born, England in Shakespeare's Day
  4. ↑ Leonard R. N. Ashley - Colley Cibber 1989 "About the Author Leonard RN Ashley (Ph.D., Princeton) and LHD (Columbia Theological, honorary) He is professor emeritus of English at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York where he taught 1961 - 1995. He was on the faculties of the University of Utah (1953 - 1956) and the University of Rochester (1958 - 1961) and 1962 - 1972 taught part-time at the New School for Social Research. As Flying Officer and second assistant to the Air Historian of the Royal Canadian Air Force he compiled squadron histories and was the author the top secret report on the air defence of North America for NORAD (1956). His interests in linguistics are attested to by his past presidencies of the American Name Society (1979, 1987) and 40 years on the board of the American Name Society and the fact that he has been continually re-elected in the last three decades to the presidency of the American Society of Geolinguistics."
  5. ↑ Library journal: Volume 126, Issues 6-11 William White - 2001 The Complete Book of Werewolves Dr. Leonard R. N. Ashley $14.95 • ISBN 1-56980-159-2 • Paper A recent installment in Dr. Ashley's series on the occult is the ultimate resource for information on the werewolf."
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