Malone, Kemp, 1889-1971

Raiford Kemp Malone, educator and scholar, was born March 14, 1889, in Minter, Mississippi, and died October 13, 1971, in Eastport, Maine. He was a graduate of Emory College (1907) and became a professor at Johns Hopkins University (1924-1956). A medievalist and world authority on Chaucer, he was also an etymologist and the author of over 500 works. Malone was often consulted in legal proceedings as an expert witness on the derivations, meaning, and usage of words. He was working on a "History of the English Language" at the time of his death. Malone served as president of the Modern Language Association, the Linguistic Society of America, and several other societies.

From the description of Kemp Malone papers, 1910-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863087

Biographical Note: Kemp Malone (1889-1971) was a medievalist, philologist, etymologist, Chaucer scholar, and professor of English literature at The Johns Hopkins University.

He was born in Minter, Miss. His father was a classicist and president of several southern women's colleges. In 1924 Malone joined the faculty at Hopkins where he remained until his retirement in 1956. Malone was the president of the MLA, the Linguistic Society of America, the American Dialect Society, The American Name Society, and the Modern Humanities Research Association.

From the description of Kemp Malone papers, 1913-1975. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48394079