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Biography

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General works

• Author unknown. 2006. David Thomas 1930-2006.  
• Author unknown. 2008. Desmond C. Derbyshire (1924-2007).  
• Bendor-Samuel, John. 2002. "John Bendor-Samuel."
• Blair, Frank. 1992. Review of: Mother of writing: the origin and development of a Hmong Messianic script, by William A. Smalley, Chia Koua Vang and Gnia Yee Yang.
• Blair, Frank. 1992. Review of: The life of Shong Lue Yang: Hmong ‘Mother of writing’ keeb kwm soob lwj yaj: Hmoob ‘Niam ntawv’, by Chia Koua Vang, Gnia Yee Yang and William A. Smalley.
• Boswell, Fred. 1998. Review of: The man with the long shadow, by Clara H. Stuart.
• Corrigan, David. 1983. "Roman Jakobson (1896-1982)."
• Everett, Daniel. 2007. "Noam Chomsky."  
• Falk, Julia S. 2002. "Pike, Kenneth Lee."  
• Fishman, Joshua A. 1997. "Uriel Weinreich (1926-1967): a sociolinguistic appreciation."
• Gregerson, Kenneth. 2006. "In memoriam: David D. Thomas a linguist of mainland southeast Asia."
• Hansford, Gillian. 2000. "Response to review of "Dorothy Carey: The tragic and untold story of Mrs. William Carey."
• Headland, Thomas N. 1996. "Claude E. Stipe."
• Headland, Thomas N. 2000. Review of: Dorothy Carey: the tragic and untold story of Mrs. William Carey, by James R. Beck.
• Headland, Thomas N. 2001. "Kenneth Lee Pike (1912-2000)."
• Headland, Thomas N. 2002. "Kenneth Lee Pike, 1912-2000."
• Headland, Thomas N. 2003. "A tribute to the life of Kenneth L. Pike."
• Headland, Thomas N. 2004. "Kenneth Lee Pike: June 9, 1912-December 31, 2000."
• Mackey, William F. and Grant D. McConnell. 1997. "Heinz Kloss and the study of language in society."
• Paulston, Christina Bratt. 1997. "In memoriam: Einar Haugen."
• Peck, Charles W. 1991. Review of: Toward an understanding of language: Charles Carpenter Fries in perspective, Peter H. Fries, editor.
• Pike, Eunice V. 1972. "Pike: a biographical sketch."
• Pike, Eunice V. 1993. Sarah’s life.
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1997. "Tagmemics in retrospect - a biased personal view."
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1998. "A linguistic pilgrimage."  
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1998. "Mary R. Haas, January 12, 1910-May 17, 1996."
• Pike, Kenneth L. 2001. "Reminiscences by Pike on early American anthropological linguistics."  
• Pike, Kenneth L. 2003. "Reminiscences by Pike on early American anthropological linguistics."
• Pike, Kenneth L. and Hugh Steven. 1989. Pike’s perspectives: an anthology of thought, insight and moral purpose.
• Pike, Kenneth L. and others. 1986. "Reminiscences about Edward Sapir."
• Priest, Robert J. and Thomas N. Headland. 2008. "William Richard Merrifield."
• Pullum, Geoffrey K. 2008. "Obituary: Desmond Derbyshire (1924-2007)."  
• Robbins, F. 2006. "Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912-2000)."
• Seibert, U. and U. Wiesemann. 2006. "Williamson, Kay (1935-2005)."
• Silzer, Peter J. 2005. "Pike, Kenneth Lee."
• Silzer, Peter James. 2000. "William Cameron Townsend."
• Townsend, Cameron and others. 1994. Bridge builders.
• Tuggy, David. 2004. Richard Saunders Pittman, 19 February 1915 - 21 August 1999.  
• Unseth, Peter. 2007. "Lambie, Thomas Alexander."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Seibert, U. and U. Wiesemann. 2006. "Tadadjeu, Maurice (b. 1950)."

Eritrea

• Unseth, Peter. 2005. "Dawit Amanu'el."

Ethiopia

• Janko, Kebede Hordofa and Peter Unseth. 2003. "Aster Gannoo."
• Unseth, Peter. 1996. Review of: Reminiscences of my life, by Emmanuel Abraham.

Americas

Brazil

• Pullum, Geoffrey K. 2008. "Desmond Derbyshire (1924-2007)."

Ecuador

• Headland, Thomas N. 1997. Review of: Amazon stranger: a rainforest chief battles big oil, by Mike Tidwell.

Mexico

• Casad, Eugene H. and Thomas L. Willett, editors. 2000. Uto-Aztecan: structural, temporal, and geographic perspectives: papers in memory of Wick R. Miller by the friends of Uto-Aztecan.
• Dedrick, John M. 1985. "Las cartas en yaqui de Juan ‘Bandera’."
• Marlett, Cathy Moser. 2000. "A Desemboque childhood."
• Pike, Eunice V. 1961. "William Cameron Townsend."
• Pike, Eunice V. 1981. Ken Pike: Scholar and Christian.  
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1968. "Professor Charles C. Fries."
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1984. "Some teachers who helped me."
• Pike, Kenneth L. 1989. "Recollections of Bloomfield."
• Townsend, Guillermo. 1952. "Lázaro Cárdenas, el indigenista."
• Townsend, William C. 1976. Lázaro Cárdenas: demócrata mexicano.
• Townsend, William Cameron. 1950. "Lazaro Cardenas, farmer general of Mexico."
• Townsend, William Cameron. 1952. Lázaro Cárdenas: Mexican democrat.
• Townsend, William Cameron. 1954. Lázaro Cárdenas: Demócrata mexicano.

Peru

• Hildebrandt, Martha. 1988. Semblanza del doctor Kenneth L. Pike.
• Trudell, Barbara L., compiler. 1991. Kenneth L. Pike, Presidente Emérito del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano: Notas biográficas y bibliografía.
• Wroughton, Gloria G. 1953. "Bolívar Odicio, el cashibo civilizador."

United States

• Casad, Eugene H. and Thomas L. Willett, editors. 2000. Uto-Aztecan: structural, temporal, and geographic perspectives: papers in memory of Wick R. Miller by the friends of Uto-Aztecan.

Asia

Philippines

• Hemley, Robin. 2005. "Laurie Reid's importance to the Tasaday controversy."

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Lindvall, Richard A. 1980. "Paulo Freire: The man, the ideas, the methods."