Peter Mühlhäusler

Background

Mühlhäusler, Peter was born on January 6, 1947 in Freiburg, Germany. Son of Max and Gabriele (Chavoen) Mühlhäusler. arrived in Australia, 1972.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Stellenbosch U., South Africa, 1966; Master of Philosophy, Reading U., England, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National U,, Canberra, 1976; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1979.

Career

He served in the Vietnam War as a United States Marine and later served in Turkey as a U. S. Army translator. During this time he developed strong anti-war beliefs, and joined the Catholic Worker Movement in 1979, with a focus on addressing the causes of poverty, unemployment and homelessness. In the early 1980s he spent time living at Jonah House and participated in the Plowshares Movement.

He died when he fell out of a tree that he was trimming. He is interred in Greensprings Natural Cemetery in Newfield, New York. On March 17, 2003, Peter, Danny Burns, and Clare and Teresa Grady poured their blood at the local Army/Marine recruiting center, two days before "shock and awe" bombing of Iraq began, in an act of nonviolent symbolic action.

They became known as the Saint Patrick's Day Four. In 2003, he traveled with Danny Burns to Iraq as part of a Christian Peacemaker Team.

Works

• book

  • Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region

    (In this book, the author examines the transformation of t...)

  • Linguistic Ecology: Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region (The Politics of Language)

    (In this book, the author examines the transformation of t...)

  • Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (Language in Society)
  • Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (Westminster Creolistics) by Peter Muhlhausler (2002-07-01)
  • Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (Westminster Creolistics)

Interests

• Avocations: railway restoration and modeling, beekeeping, farming, ferrets.

Connections

Married Jacqueline Margaret Deshayes, July 15, 1972. Children: Beverly, Tim.

Father:

Max Mühlhäusler

Mother:

Gabriele (Chavoen) Mühlhäusler

Spouse:

Jacqueline Margaret Deshayes

child:

Tim Mühlhäusler

child:

Beverly Mühlhäusler