Frederic G. Cassidy

Frederic Gomes Cassidy (October 10, 1907 – June 14, 2000) was a Jamaican-born linguist and lexicographer. He was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and founder of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) where he was also the chief editor from 1962 until his death.[1] He was an advocate for the Jamaican language and a pioneer of autonomous orthographies for creole languages.

  1. ^ "Frederic G. Cassidy, Founder of DARE | Dictionary of American Regional English". dare.wisc.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2017-05-04.