Jesse Sheidlower
Encyclopedia
Jesse Sheidlower is an author
and editor
specializing in English
linguistics
and lexicography
. From 1999 until 2005 he was Principal North American Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary
; since 2005 he has been an editor-at-large, focusing on North American usage. He is a frequently cited expert on slang and changing usage in the U.S. His book, The F-Word, was published by Random House in 1995.
and did graduate work at Cambridge University in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic.
Although not a computer programmer by training, Sheidlower introduced Perl
to the North American offices of Oxford University Press and developed tools for data manipulation when no programmers were available. He is also one of the core developers of Catalyst, a popular Perl web development framework.
Author
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and editor
Copy editing
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specializing in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and lexicography
Lexicography
Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
. From 1999 until 2005 he was Principal North American Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. Two fully bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. The first edition was published in twelve volumes , and...
; since 2005 he has been an editor-at-large, focusing on North American usage. He is a frequently cited expert on slang and changing usage in the U.S. His book, The F-Word, was published by Random House in 1995.
Biography
Sheidlower received an undergraduate degree in English from the University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and did graduate work at Cambridge University in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic.
Although not a computer programmer by training, Sheidlower introduced Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
to the North American offices of Oxford University Press and developed tools for data manipulation when no programmers were available. He is also one of the core developers of Catalyst, a popular Perl web development framework.