Background
Ferguson, Charles Albert was born on July 6, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert T. and Mary B. (Kohler) Ferguson.
Ferguson, Charles Albert was born on July 6, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert T. and Mary B. (Kohler) Ferguson.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, 1942. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1945.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Stockholm University, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1991.
Science linguist, Foreign Service Institute-unites states department State, Washington, 1946-1955;
lecturer linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1959;
director president, Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, 1959-1966;
professor linguistics, Stanford (California) U., 1967-1987;
professor emeritus, Stanford (California) U., since 1987. Trustee Center for Applied Linguistics, 1967-1982. Member, chairman Social Science Research Council Committee on Sociolinguistics, 1963-1979.
Director Language Survey of Ethiopia, 1968-1969.
(Book by Ferguson, Charles A.)
Member Linguistic Society of America (president 1970), International Association for Study of Child Language (president 1973-1975), American Association for Applied Linguistics (executive committee 1971-1983), Arabic Linguistic Society (president 1990).
Married Joanna Eichmuller, September 16, 1944 (divorced 1962). Children: Lisa J., Christina M. Married Shirley Brice Heath, March 25, 1979.
Children: Brice W. Heath, Shannon K. Heath.