Milestones: Thomas O. Lambdin: Polyglot Professor of Ancient Languages

Thomas Oden Lambdin was born October 31, 1927, in Frederick, Maryland. He was one of four brothers, whom he often, conveniently, referred to as “my older brother,” “my twin brother,” and “my younger brother.” And, of course, it was not lost on him that his name came from the common Semitic noun taw’am, meaning “twin.”