John Pickering (linguist)

John Pickering (February 7, 1777 - May 5, 1846) was an American linguist. He was president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1839 to 1846.[1] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

He graduated from Harvard University.[2][3] He worked on the orthography of native languages.[4]

He is buried at Broad Street Cemetery.[5]

Family

His father was Timothy Pickering.[1]

Works
  • A Vocabulary, or, Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Supposed to Be Peculiar to the U.S. of America (1816)

References
  1. White, Daniel Appleton (1847). Eulogy on John Pickering, president of the american academy of arts and sciences: Delivered before the academy, Octb. 28. 1846. Metcalf and comp.
  2. Pickering, Mary Orne (1887). Life of John Pickering. private distribution.
  3. Jefferson, Thomas (2019-02-19). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 15: 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18911-6.
  4. Stevens, Cj (1956-04-01). "John Pickering's "uniform orthography";". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 42 (2): 139–143. doi:10.1080/00335635609382140. ISSN 0033-5630.
  5. "John Pickering (1777-1846) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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