Background
David, Raven Ioor Mc was born on October 16, 1911 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Raven Ioor and Marie Louise (Henderson) McDavid.
David, Raven Ioor Mc was born on October 16, 1911 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Raven Ioor and Marie Louise (Henderson) McDavid.
Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, 1931, Doctor of Letters, 1966. Master of Arts, Duke, 1933, Doctor of Philosophy, 1935, Doctor of Letters, 1972. Summer student Virginia Military Institute, 1929, University of Michigan, 1937, 38, 40, 48, 52, 56, 57, 58, U. North Carolina 1941.
Student of University Michigan, 1951-1952, Yale, 1942-1943.
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Author: Varieties of American English, 1979. Co-author: Structure of American English, 1958. Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States, 1961.
Editor: (Half-Life Mencken) The American Language, 1963. Linguistic Atlas of the North Central States, 1976. Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States, 1979.
Co-editor: Lexicography in English, 1973. Field investigator, associate editor Linguistic Atlas United States and Canada, 1941-1964, editor, since 1964.
Fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1942-1944, 45, 50-51. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Council Teachers English (David Russell Research award 1969), Modern Language Association American, Midwest Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society American, New York, Illinois academics science, Dutch Settlers Society Albany, American Dialect Society (president 1967-1968), International Association University Professors English, New York Folklore Society, Midwest Folklore Society, American Oriental Society, American Association of University Professors, International Center General Dialectology, Canadian Linguistic Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Sons of the American Revolution, Phi Beta Kappa.
Club: Quadrangle (Chicago.
Married Elizabeth Lee Harris, March 7, 1942 (divorced 1945). Married second, Virginia Ann Glenn, June 7, 1950. Children: Glenn Truxtun, Raven Ioor III, Thomas Inglesby, Ann Hamilton.