{{Short description|American linguist (1924–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name =Garland Hampton Cannon | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = 1924 | birth_place = | death_date = 2020 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | fields = linguistics | workplaces = | patrons = | education = University of Texas, Austin (PhD) | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''Garland Hampton Cannon''' (1924–2020) was an American linguist and Professor of English and Linguistics at Texas A&M University. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bonner |first1=Michael |title=Review of The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones. Sir William Jones, the Father of Modern Linguistics. |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |date=1992 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=189–191 |doi=10.2307/2739266 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2739266 |issn=0013-2586|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jacobs |first1=Malcolm C. |title=Garland Cannon. The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones: Sir William Jones, The Father of Modern Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990. Pp. xix + 409. US$49.50 (hardcover). |journal=Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique |date=December 1992 |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=446–448 |doi=10.1017/S0008413100022088 |language=en |issn=0008-4131}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Garland Hampton Cannon, Jr. |url=https://callawayjones.com/garland-hampton-cannon-jr/ |website=Callaway-Jones Funeral & Cremation Centers |date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
==Books== * ''The Persian Contributions to the English Language: A Historical Dictionary'', Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001 * ''The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones: Sir William Jones, The Father of Modern Linguistics''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1990
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