Ben Zimmer

Ben Zimmer
Zimmer in 2024
Born
Benjamin Zimmer

1971 (age 52–53)
Education
Occupations
Children1
FatherDick Zimmer
RelativesCarl Zimmer (brother)

Benjamin Zimmer (born 1971)[1] is an American linguist, lexicographer, and language commentator. He is a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He was formerly a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times Magazine, and the editor of American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. Zimmer was also an executive editor of Vocabulary.com and VisualThesaurus.com.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Yaccino, Steven (May–June 2011). "Away with words". University of Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ Zimmer, Ben. "Ben Zimmer". LinkedIn.
  3. ^ "Ben Zimmer". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  4. ^ "About Ben Zimmer". benzimmer.com. Retrieved 2018-09-14.