Frederic G. Cassidy
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Frederic Gomes Cassidy (October 10, 1907 – June 14, 2000) was a Jamaican-born linguist and lexicographer. He was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and founder of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) where he was also the chief editor from 1962 until his death.[1] He was an advocate for the Jamaican language and a pioneer of autonomous orthographies for creole languages.