Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
You can now subscribe to our newsletter to enjoy personalized birthdaypulse updates delivered to your inbox!
William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024).
Born December 4th, 1927 in Rutherford.
Died December 17th, 2024 at 97 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Occupations
dialectologist, linguist, sociolinguist, sociologist, university teacher
Wikipedia
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus