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Steiner, Roger Jacob was born on March 27, 1924 in South Byron, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jakob Robert and Alice Mildred (Cowles) Steiner.
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Steiner, Roger Jacob was born on March 27, 1924 in South Byron, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jakob Robert and Alice Mildred (Cowles) Steiner.
Bachelor cum laude, Franklin & Marshall College, 1945. Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1947. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1958.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1963.
Clergyman United Methodist Church, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, 1945-1961. Lecturer University Bordeaux, France, 1961-1963. Instructor department languages & literature University Delaware, Newark, 1963-1964, assistant professor, 1964-1971, associate professor, 1971-1980, professor, 1980-1985, department linguistics University Delaware, Newark, 1985-1996, professor emeritus, since 1998.
Consultant Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City, 1972-1975, Larousse, New York City, 1981-1984, Houghton-Mifflin, Boston, 1981-1984, Macmillan, 1994-1999.
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Member Modern Language Association (founder lexicography group 1974-1975, chairman 1976, 77, 80, 85), Dictionary Society North America, American Dialect Society, Phi Beta Kappa (president chapter 1975-1976), DESSAR (American Revolution, Kirkwood chapter 2008).
Married Ida Kathryn Posey, August 7, 1954 (deceased May 1992). Children: David Posey, Andrew Posey.