Masthay, Carl (David)

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MASTHAY, Carl (David)

MASTHAY, Carl (David). American, b. 1941. Genres: Anthropology/ Ethnology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Language/ Linguistics, Sciences, Translations. Career: Mosby Inc., St. Louis, MO, medical editor and senior manuscript editor, 1968-2002; self-employed as an editor, proofreader, translator, and consultant. Stonehenge Viewpoint, Santa Barbara, CA, copyeditor, 1982-88. Works on special linguistic projects involving collection of data and translation. Publications: History of the Masthay Family, 1972, 2nd ed., 1982; Personal Reflections from a China Trip, 1979; Mahican-Language Hymns, Biblical Prose, and Vocabularies from Moravian Sources, 1980; Schmick's Mahican Dictionary, 1991; Kaskaskia Illinois-to-French Dictionary, 2002. Author of booklets on languages and language study. Contributor to periodicals.

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