Barbara Ann Kipfer
Barbara Ann Kipfer (born 1954) is a linguist and lexicographer. She has written more than 45 books, including 14,000 Things to be Happy About (Workman), which has more than a million copies in print and has given rise to many Page-a-Day calendars.[1] She was the editor of the sixth edition of Roget's International Thesaurus.[2] She lives in Ivoryton, Connecticut.[3]
She holds a PhD and MPhil in Linguistics from the University of Exeter, a PhD in Archaeology from Greenwich University, an MA and PhD in Buddhist Studies also from Akamai University, and a BS in physical education from Valparaiso University. She is lexicographer for Wolfram Alpha. Kipfer has worked for such companies as Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, Reference.com, Answers.com, Ask Jeeves, idealab, Mindmaker, General Electric Research, IBM Research, Wang, Bellcore (Telcordia), Cymfony, Textwise, and Knowledge Adventure.
[edit] Works
Workman Publishing:
- 14,000 Things to be Happy About
- Instant Karma
- 8,789 Words of Wisdom
- The Wish List
- 1,400 Things for Kids to be Happy About
- Self-Meditation
- The Order of Things
Random House:
- 4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone
- Life of Language
- Trivia Lovers’ Book of Lists
HarperCollins
- Roget's International Thesaurus
- Dictionary of American Slang
Ulysses Press:
- 201 Little Buddhist Reminders
- 1325 Buddhist Ways to Be Happy
Kluwer Plenum:
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology
Blackwell:
- Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion
- Dictionary of Artifacts
[edit] References
- ^ thingstobehappyabout.com
- ^ Roget's International Thesaurus, 6th edition, isbn 9780062726932
- ^ elsnet.org
[edit] External links
- Dictionarysmith - Kipfer's personal website
- Things to be Happy About
- Works by or about Barbara Ann Kipfer in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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