ELT History | Biographical details

Hornby, Albert. Sydney.

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born in Chester, England; graduated from University College London in English Language and Literature; travelled on Trans-Siberian Railway eventually ending up in Japan; started teaching English; eventually made contact with Palmer's IRET	Howatt, A. P. R., 1984
born in Melville Cottage, Garden Lane, Chester; attended Chester grammar school; after graduation and marrying Ida Louise Arnold sailed to Japan to take up English Literature teaching job at Oita Higher Commercial School;	Cowie, A. P., 2004

Start	end	description
1898 August	1978	Hornby's life
1924		Hornby arrives in Japan
1931		Palmer invites Hornby to help with word list
1931 December		Hornby's first grammar article in IRET Bulletin
1934		Hornby moves to Tokyo
1936		Hornby takes over editorship of IRET Bulletin
1937		Palmer and Hornby publish 'Thousand-Word English'
1940		Hornby and Ishikawa publish ''A Beginners' English-Japanese Dictionary'
1941		Hornby returns to England and is recruited by BC
1944 July		Hornby marries Marian de la Motte
1945		Hornby finishes work for BC in Iran
1946 October		First issue of 'English Language Teaching' published
1946	1950	Hornby edits ELT
1947		Hornby's article 'Linguistic pedagogy IV'
1950		Hornby's series of articles in ELT
1954		Hornby's 'A Guide to Patterns and Usage in English' published
1954		Hornby's 'Oxford Progressive English for Adult Learners' published
1956 September		English Language Exploratory Committee conference
1959		1st volume of Hornby's 'The Teaching of Structural Words and Sentence Patterns'
1961		Hornby Educational Trust established
1963		Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English 2nd Edition ALD2
1977		Oxford University award Hornby honorary Masters
1978		Hornby and Ruse's 'Oxford Student's Dictionary of Current English' published

(includes only sources used in the compilation of this database)

Hornby, A. S. (1959). The Teaching of Structural Words and Sentence Patterns: Stage 1. London: Oxford University Press