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Richard Lederer : ウィキペディア英語版 | Richard Lederer
Richard Lederer (born May 26, 1938) is an American author, speaker, and teacher. He is best known for his books on the English language and on word play such as puns, oxymorons, and anagrams. He refers to himself as "the Wizard of Idiom," "Attila the Pun," and "Conan the Grammarian."〔 His weekly column, "Looking at Language", is syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. ==Early life and education== Lederer was the youngest of five children born to a Jewish mother from Poland and a Jewish father from Bavaria.〔(San Diego Jewish Journal: "Hungry for Words" by Karen Pearlman ) June 2010〕 He was raised in West Philadelphia.〔 He graduated from Haverford College〔 as a pre-med student.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Richard Lederer )〕 He attended Harvard Law School for one year,〔 then switched to the Master of Arts in Teaching Program at Harvard University. He taught English and media at the St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire for 27 years until 1989, where he served as the first Jewish head of a department.〔 He later earned a PhD in Linguistics from the University of New Hampshire.〔
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