Philip Babcock Gove

Born in Concord, New Hampshire , he received his A.B. from Dartmouth College , his A.M. from Harvard University , his Ph.D. from Columbia University , and his D.Litt from Dartmouth. He started working for the G. And C. Merriam Company in 1946 . Gove was managing editor of ''Webster's Third'' from 1950 to 1952 , general editor from 1952 to 1960 , and editor-in-chief from 1960 .

REFERENCES

Herbert C. Morton. ''The Story of'' Webster's Third: ''Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics''. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press , 1994 .

James Sledd and Wilma R. Ebbit, editors. ''Dictionaries and'' That ''Dictionary''. Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1962 .

	CATEGORIES ABOUT PHILIP BABCOCK GOVE

	american lexicographers

	1902 births

	1972 deaths

	dartmouth college alumni

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