Person Detail: Laurence Urdang

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General Information:
Full Name: Laurence Urdang
Biography: (1927-2008) Lexicographer, writer. Laurence Urdang was born in Manhattan, New York, and graduated from the Fieldston School in the Bronx, New York. He wrote or edited more than 100 dictionaries and other reference books. He was the brother of writer Constance Urdang.
Author's Timeline:
1927		New York County Laurence Urdang was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1927.
2008		(Unknown) County Laurence Urdang died in Branford, Connecticut, in 2008. He lived in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
1966		(Unknown) County Random House Dictionary of the English Language Urdang was the managing editor of the first edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
1981		(Unknown) County -Ologies and -Isms: A Thematic Dictionary (Pub: Detroit: Gale Research Company, 2nd edition. ISBN: ) Edited by Laurence Urdang.
1956		New York County Urdang graduated from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, and did graduate work there. He taught at New York University from 1956 to 1961.
1972		(Unknown) County The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, and Mispronounced Words Compiled by Urdang.
1985		(Unknown) County Holidays and Anniversaries of the World (Pub: Detroit: Gale Research Company. ISBN: 0-8103-1546-7) Laurence Urdang and Christine N. Donohue.
1996		(Unknown) County American Century Dictionary (Pub: Warner Books. ISBN: ISBN - 13:9780446601214) Edited by Laurence Urdang.
1986		(Unknown) County The Synonym Finder (Pub: Warner Brothers. ISBN: 0446370290 ) With J. I. Rodale, Nancy LaRoche.
?		Bronx County Urdang graduated from the Fieldston School in the Bronx, New York.