Clarence Barnhart, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Clarence Barnhart

American lexicographer

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1900

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1993

Profession: linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Clarence Barnhart

  • Clarence Lewis Barnhart (1900–1993) was an American lexicographer best known for editing the Thorndike-Barnhart series of graded dictionaries, published by Scott Foresman & Co.
  • which were based on word lists and concepts of definition developed by psychological theorist Edward Thorndike.
  • Barnhart subsequently revised and expanded the series and with the assistance of his sons, maintaining them through the 1980s.

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