Barnhart, David K. 1941–

PERSONAL: Born May 15, 1941, in Oak Park, IL; son of Clarence L.(a lexicographer) and Frances (Knox) Barnhart; married September 10, 1988; wife's name Hollis; children: William Clarence, Grant Marvel. Education: Syracuse University, B.A., 1964; New York University, graduate study, 1964–67. Hobbies and other interests: Canoeing, skiing.

ADDRESSES: Office—Lexik House Publishers, Hyde Park, NY 12538. E-mail—barnhart@highlands.com.

CAREER: Office of Clarence L. Barnhart, Bronxville, NY, editor, 1966–80; Lexik House Publishers, Hyde Park, NY, proprietor and lexicographer, 1980–. Commission on the English Language, board member, 1986; Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, member.

MEMBER: International Linguistic Association (president, 1985), Dictionary Society of North America, American Dialect Society, American Canoe Association (vice commodore, 1976), Yonkers Canoe Club (commodore, 1976).

AWARDS, HONORS: Payne Kretzmer Award, American Canoe Association, 1976 and 1977, both for Canoe Sport.

WRITINGS:

Barnhart Dictionary Companion Index, Lexik House Publishers (Hyde Park, NY), 1987.

Neo-Words, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1991.

(With Allan Metcalf) America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1997.

The Barnhart New-Words Concordance, Lexik House Publishers (Hyde Park, NY), 2001.

Editor, Barnhart Dictionary Companion, 1982–93. Contributor to periodicals, including American Speech, Dictionaries, Word, and Poughkeepsie Journal. Also affiliated with the newsletter Canoe Sport, 1970s.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on new words and phrases in English.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, September 1, 1994, Sandy Whiteley, review of The Barnhart New-Words Concordance, p. 68; April, 1998, Mary Ellen Quinn, review of America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America, p. 1340; December 1, 1999, Bill Ott, review of America in So Many Words, p. 736.

Insight on the News, June 25, 2001, Stephen Goode, review of America in So Many Words, p. 4; February 18, 2003, Stephen Goode, review of America in So Many Words, p. 8.

Library Journal, December, 1997, Ilse Heidmann, review of America in So Many Words, p. 105.