Martin Joos

Martin Joos
Born(1907-05-11)May 11, 1907
Wisconsin
DiedMay 6, 1978(1978-05-06) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Linguist; Professor of German
Known forWork 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.

  1. ^ a b Hill, Archibald A. (1979). "Martin Joos". Language. 55 (3). Linguistic Society of America: 665–669. JSTOR 413322.
  2. ^ Kahn, David (1967). The Codebreakers: The Secret History of Writing. Macmillan.