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Legal name: Laird, Charlton Grant
Other names: Laird, Larry
Birthdate: 1901-03-16
Date of death: 1984
Gender: male
Education: University of Iowa (BA)
Columbia University
Stanford University (PhD)
Yale University
Occupations: journalist
Professor of English, University of Nevada
Professor, University of Iowa
Professor, Drake University
Professor, University of Idaho
Professor, Purdue University (show all 11)
professor, Columbia University
Professor, University of Oregon
novelist
linguist
lexicographer
Organizations: Drake University
University of Nevada, Reno
Modern Language Association of America
National Council of Teachers of English
Awards and honors: Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Hilliard Distinguished Professor of the Humanities
Relationships: Laird, Helene (wife)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Nashua, Iowa, USA
Places of residence: Nashua, Iowa, USA (birthplace)
Reno, Nevada, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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librisissimo 2,401 reviews

Webster's New World Thesaurus (c.1) (plain) by Charlton Laird

Laird's foreward from the 1971 Edition is delightful, and the book lives up to his promise to be easy to use, well organized within the A-Z format, and full of words and phrases (idiomatic or otherwise) that aid the writer in search of just the right expression needed in the context of the sentence.
Includes words that are formal, casual, archaic, and slang (current depending on the year of the edition).

Jan 19, 20261 other review

TheBooknerd 644 reviews

Webster's New World Thesaurus: Third Edition by Charlton Laird

Not really a worthwhile thesaurus. I'm generally disappointed by Webster's reference books, but I went ahead and bought this since it was at a discounted price. In the end, though, I still had to buy a better thesaurus. This one only offers up the usual fare of word choices, things I could have thought up perfectly well on my own.

Jan 18, 20111 other review

Borg-mx5 354 reviews

Webster's New World Thesaurus by Charlton Laird

Everyone needs a thesaurus.

Mar 27, 2010

Schmerguls 5,855 reviews

English As Language Backgrounds, Development, Usage by Charlton Grant Laird

1644 English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, Usage, by Charlton Laird - Robert M. Garrell (read 16 July 1981) This discusses language and its proper use, etc. It had some interesting things in it.

Nov 23, 2008

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