| Henry Allan Gleason | |
| Birth Date: | April 18, 1917 |
| Fields: | Linguistics |
| Workplaces: | University of Toronto |
| Alma Mater: | Hartford Seminary |
Henry Allan 'Al' Gleason Jr. (April 18, 1917 – January 13, 2007) was a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Gleason began studying at Hartford Seminary in 1938 and received his PhD in 1946.[1] His 1961 text "Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics" (with an accompanying workbook)[2] was described in the journal Language as a suitable update to Leonard Bloomfield's well-known textbook Language.[3] Gleason retired in 1982.[4]
Gleason was a member of the American Bible Society, and a pastor in Fancy Gap, Virginia.[5] His father was botanist Henry Gleason, and mathematician Andrew Gleason was his brother.