Background
Landau, Sidney Ivan was born on April 11, 1933 in New York City. Son of Emanuel and Sadie Mildred (Halpern) Landau.
Landau, Sidney Ivan was born on April 11, 1933 in New York City. Son of Emanuel and Sadie Mildred (Halpern) Landau.
Bachelor in English, Queens College, 1954. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Iowa, 1959.
Instructor English, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1959-1961; editor, then editor in chief dictionaries, Funk & Wagnalls, New York City, 1961-1970; editor in chief Doubleday Dictionary, Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus, Doubleday & Company. New York City, 1975-1977; editor in chief International Dictionary of Medicine and Biology,, John Wiley & Sons, New York City, 1977-1988; manager medical journals, John Wiley & Sons, New York City, 1982-1984; executive editor medicine, John Wiley & Sons, New York City, 1985-1987; public chemistry and life science science-technical division, John Wiley & Sons, New York City, 1987-1988; director reference, editor-in-chief, Cambridge Dictionary of America English, New York City, 1988-1998.
With United States Army, 1954-1956. Member American Dialect Society, Dictionary Society North America (president 1993-1995).
Married Sarah Gaston Bradford, June 19, 1959. Children: Paul, Amy.
