Person

Williams, Joseph M.

1933–2008

Tätig an der Univ. of Chicago. Nachruf: "Born on Aug. 18, 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, Williams received a bachelor’s degree in 1955 and a master’s degree in 1960 from Miami University in Ohio. He earned his Ph.D. in English and Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966. There, he worked on a massive project to compile an encyclopedia of dialectology, Colomb said. [...] In addition to Style, Williams wrote several other books aimed at helping writers. The Craft of Research, written with two longtime colleagues, Colomb and Wayne C. Booth, helps advanced students plan, carry out and report on research in any field. In The Craft of Argument, Williams and Colomb examined written arguments in general. Most recently, Booth, Colomb, and Williams rewrote the book that for a half- century had been the Bible for dissertations, Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations." Quelle: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2008/02/28/joseph-m-williams-professor-emeritus-english-and-linguistics-1933-2008