Ben Zimmer

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Ben Zimmer

Communications

#534

World Rank

#891

Historical Rank

#293

USA Rank

Linguistics

#493

World Rank

#648

Historical Rank

#188

USA Rank

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Ben Zimmer's Degrees

• PhD Linguistics University of Pennsylvania

Why Is Ben Zimmer Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Zimmer is an American linguist, lexicographer, and language commentator. He is a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal and contributing editor for The Atlantic. He was formerly a language columnist for The Boston Globe and The New York Times Magazine, and editor of American dictionaries at Oxford University Press. Zimmer was also an executive editor of Vocabulary.com and VisualThesaurus.com.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Ben Zimmer?

Ben Zimmer is affiliated with the following schools:

• Yale University
• Rutgers University
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Chicago
• University of Pennsylvania