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Former employee of [[Game Designers Workshop]], and longtime Traveller author. The Traveller books that he's authored or assisted with are listed below.
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[[John Harshman]] is a Traveller author, contributor, and fan.
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== Description ([[Biography]]) ==
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[[John Harshman]] is a former employee of [[Game Designers Workshop]], and longtime Traveller author.  
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* John is essentially the father of Traveller [[exolinguistics]].
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* He greatly influences the original alien books and the really great foundational language mechanisms in them (word generators, pronunciation charts, [[etc.]])
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* He later stopped working with [[GDW]] and that was a great loss.
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* Some of his work was preserved by [[Robert Eaglestone]] and others.
  
{{BookList}}
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=== External Link/s ===
 
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This [[gentlesophont]] has the following external links available:
 
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* EXTERNAL LINK: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harshman Wikipedia Harshman Author article at Wiki]
 
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* EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.frathwiki.com/Traveller_RPG#Languages_of_the_Traveller_RPG_Setting Traveller RPG at Frath Linguistics Wiki] (...has Harshman research and ideas)
[[Category:Authors|Harshman, John]]
 
 
 
 
 
This person is a Traveller author, contributor, and fan.
 
  
== Description (Biography) ==
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=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
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# [[Language]]
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# [[TML]]
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# [[TravLang]]
  
== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
This person has been involved with Traveller in the following ways:
 
This person has been involved with Traveller in the following ways:
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* He has authored or assisted with many Traveller books.
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* He was very interested in [[linguistics]] and helped to design many of the Traveller [[language]]s.
  
 
=== Traveller RPG Wiki Participation ===
 
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== References & Contributions (Sources) ==
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=== Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products) ===
 
This person has authored, contributed, playtested, or otherwise participated in the publication of the following products:  
 
This person has authored, contributed, playtested, or otherwise participated in the publication of the following products:  
 
{{BookList}}
 
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=== External Links ===
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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[[Category:Authors|Harshman, John]]
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 7 May 2024

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John Harshman is a Traveller author, contributor, and fan.

Description (Biography)[edit]

John Harshman is a former employee of Game Designers Workshop, and longtime Traveller author.

  • John is essentially the father of Traveller exolinguistics.
  • He greatly influences the original alien books and the really great foundational language mechanisms in them (word generators, pronunciation charts, etc.)
  • He later stopped working with GDW and that was a great loss.
  • Some of his work was preserved by Robert Eaglestone and others.

External Link/s[edit]

This gentlesophont has the following external links available:

Library Data Entries (Public)[edit]

  1. Language
  2. TML
  3. TravLang

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

This person has been involved with Traveller in the following ways:

  • He has authored or assisted with many Traveller books.
  • He was very interested in linguistics and helped to design many of the Traveller languages.

Traveller RPG Wiki Participation[edit]

This person has not yet elected to participate at the wiki.

Bibliography-Ludography (Published Products)[edit]

This person has authored, contributed, playtested, or otherwise participated in the publication of the following products:

Publications where this person is mentioned in the credits


References & Contributions (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.