birth_date: 1920-11-09 00:00:00
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name: Thomas Albert Sebeok
about: Thomas Albert Sebeok or Sebők  was a prominent linguist and semiotician, and editor-in-chief of the leading periodical in the field, Semiotica, from its 1969 founding until 2001. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1945. He is counted among the originators of the field of biosemiotics, and was highly influential in the study of non-human signaling and communication systems.Sebeok was survived by his wife (and frequent co-author), Jean Umiker-Sebeok Thomas Albert Sebeok or Sebők  was a prominent linguist and semiotician, and editor-in-chief of the leading periodical in the field, Semiotica, from its 1969 founding until 2001. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1945. He is counted among the originators of the field of biosemiotics, and was highly influential in the study of non-human signaling and communication systems.Sebeok was survived by his wife (and frequent co-author), Jean Umiker-Sebeok ...more
death_date: 2001-12-21 00:00:00