W. Nelson Francis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Author, professor, linguist
Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1910
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jun-2002
Profession: linguist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About W. Nelson Francis
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- Nelson Francis, Ph.D.
- (October 23, 1910 – June 14, 2002) was an American author, linguist, and university professor.
- He served as a member of the faculties of Franklin & Marshall College and Brown University, where he specialized in English and corpus linguistics.
- He is known for his work compiling a text collection entitled the Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English, which he completed with Henry Kucera.
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