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Martin Joos | |
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Born | Wisconsin | May 11, 1907
Died | May 6, 1978 | (aged 70)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Linguist; Professor of German |
Known for | Work in linguistics, including the book The Five Clocks |
Martin Joos (1907–1978) was an American linguist and professor of German.[1] He spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and also served at the University of Toronto and as a visiting scholar at the University of Alberta, the University of Belgrade, and the University of Edinburgh. During World War II, Joos was a cryptologist for the US Signal Security Agency.[2] The War Department awarded him a Distinguished Service citation in recognition of his work developing communication systems.[1] After the war he returned to the University of Wisconsin, eventually serving as the chairman of the Department of German.