Hayward Keniston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hayward Keniston

American university teacher (1883-1970)

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1883

Place of Birth: Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1970

Profession: historian, university teacher, romanist, linguist, lexicographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hayward Keniston (born July 5, 1883; died August 10, 1970) was a linguist who served as president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1948 and as dean of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts from 1945 to 1951.
He received his PhD from Harvard University.
His work focused predominantly on Spanish syntax and 16th century Spanish history.