Albert F. Buffington
Albert Franklin Buffington (July 11, 1905 – June 18, 1980) was a major figure in 20th-century Pennsylvania German linguistics and musicology. He was born in Pillow, Pennsylvania, and received his doctoral degree at Harvard University. Buffington taught German at Arizona State University until his retirement and emeritus appointment in 1965.
Buffington developed a standardized German-based orthography with his colleague Preston Barba, known as Buffington-Barba or Buffington-Barba-Beam in a later version. Its first major codification was in Buffington and Barba’s 1954 A Pennsylvania German Grammar (rev. ed. 1965).
Bibliography
- A Pennsylvania German Grammar (Allentown, 1954)
- Songs along the Mahantongo (1964)
- A Pennsylvania German Grammar (Allentown, 1965)
- Dutchified German Spirituals (Lancaster, 1965)
- Pennsylvania German Secular Folksongs (1974)
Sources
- Something for Everyone – Something for You: Ebbes fer Alle – Ebber Ebbes fer Dich: Essays in Memoriam Albert Franklin Buffington (Pennsylvania German Society, 1980)
External links
- Grave at Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Arizona
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