Stephen G. Alter

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Stephen G. Alter is professor of History at Gordon College, Wenham. Alter received his B.M. from Southern Methodist University, M.A. from Rice University and Ph.D. from University of Michigan. [1]

His 2005 work published from the Johns Hopkins University Press is the first "full-length study" of William Dwight Whitney. [2] [3]

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  2. Nerlich, Brigitte (April 2006). "William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language. (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, number 1) by Stephen G. Alter". The American Historical Review. 111 (2): 479–480. doi:10.1086/ahr.111.2.479. JSTOR   10.1086/ahr.111.2.479.
  3. Croce, Paul Jerome (June 2006). "William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language by Stephen G. Alter". The Journal of American History. 93 (1): 226. doi:10.2307/4486132. JSTOR   4486132.