Background
Moulton, William Gamwell was born on February 5, 1914 in Providence. Son of David Potter and Lillian May (Gamwell) Moulton.
Moulton, William Gamwell was born on February 5, 1914 in Providence. Son of David Potter and Lillian May (Gamwell) Moulton.
AB, Princeton University, 1935. Postgraduate, University Nancy, France, 1933. Postgraduate, University Berlin, 1936.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1941. Doctor of Humane Letters, Middlebury College, 1974. Doctor honorary, University Munich, 1984.
Instructor German Yale, 1937-1943, assistant professor, 1943-1947. Associate professor Cornell, 1947-1949, professor Germanic linguistics, 1949-1960. Professor linguistics Princeton University, 1960-1979, professor emeritus, from 1979.
Visiting distinguished professor University California, Davis, 1979. Visiting professor University Munich, 1980, 81, 82, 83, University California, Berkeley, 1981. Honorary professor University Munich, since 1985.
Language supervisor, military government division Office Provost Marshall General, War Department, 1944-1945. With War Department mission to Germany, 1947, State Department, 1950. President Comité International Permanent des Linguistes, 1972-1977.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Linguistic Society of America (president 1967), Modern Language Association, Royal Flemish Academy Language and Literature (honorary foreign member), Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde.
Married Jenni Karding, July 12, 1938. Children: Elizabeth Potter, Susan Karding.