Background
Gove, Philip Babcock was born on June 27, 1902 in Concord, New York, United States. Son of John McClure and Florence Amy (Babcock) Gove.
Gove, Philip Babcock was born on June 27, 1902 in Concord, New York, United States. Son of John McClure and Florence Amy (Babcock) Gove.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1922, Doctor of Letters, 1963. Master of Arts, harvard, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1941.
Instructor English, Rice Institute, 1924-1927, New York University, 1927-1942. William Bayard Cutting traveling fellow Columbia, 1939-1940. Assistant editor Merriam-Webster dictionaries, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1946-1951, managing editor, 1951-1952, general editor, 1952-1961, editor in chief, 1961-1972.
Member editorial board Encyclopedia British. Member of advisory board Center for Documentation, Communication Research, Western Reserve University Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946.
Member Linguistic Society American, American Dialect Society, National Council Teachers English, Modern Language Association, International Society General Semantics, College English Association, English Graduate Union (Columbia), Johnson Society of London, National Society for Study Communications, Phi Gamma Delta.
Married Grace Edna Potter, August 17, 1929. Children: Norwood B., Susan (Mistress Rosser A. Rudolph, Junior.