Peter
T. Daniels is one of the
world's few scholars specializing
exclusively in the study of writing
systems. With degrees in linguistics
from Cornell University and the University
of Chicago, he has taught at the University
of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and Chicago
State University and presented invited
lectures on three continents. His
translations include Introduction
to the Semitic Languages, by
Gotthelf Bergsträsser, and From
Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the
Persian Empire, by Pierre Briant
(both published by Eisenbrauns). He
is author of numerous articles and
reviews on writing and on the topic
of languages of the world; co-editor
and principal contributor to The
World's Writing Systems (Oxford,
1996); and consulting editor for issues
of the children's magazines Calliope
and AppleSeeds devoted to writing,
to appear in 2004. He lives in New
York City.
Peter
T. Daniels is one of the
world's few scholars specializing
exclusively in the study of writing
systems. With degrees in linguistics
from Cornell University and the University
of Chicago, he has taught at the University
of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and Chicago
State University and presented invited
lectures on three continents. His
translations include Introduction
to the Semitic Languages, by
Gotthelf Bergsträsser, and From
Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the
Persian Empire, by Pierre Briant
(both published by Eisenbrauns). He
is author of numerous articles and
reviews on writing and on the topic
of languages of the world; co-editor
and principal contributor to The
World's Writing Systems (Oxford,
1996); and consulting editor for issues
of the children's magazines Calliope
and AppleSeeds devoted to writing,
to appear in 2004. He lives in New
York City. 
