Thomas Albert Sebeok (born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 9, 1920, died December 21, 2001 in Bloomington, Indiana) was one of the most prolific and wide-ranging of US semioticians. He expanded the purview of semiotics to include non-human signaling and communication systems thus raising some of the issues addressed by philosophy of mind and coining the term zoosemiotics. He is also the creator of biosemiotics. Budapest seen from north. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Bloomington is the name of some places in the United States of America: Bloomington, California Bloomington, Idaho Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington, Maryland Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington, Nebraska Bloomington, Wisconsin Bloomington (town), Wisconsin Bloomington Township, Illinois Bloomington Township, Indiana Bloomington Township, Decatur County, Iowa Bloomington Township, Muscatine County, Iowa Bloomington Township... State nickname: The Hoosier State Official languages English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Governor Mitch Daniels (R) Senators Richard Lugar (R) Evan Bayh (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 38th 94,321 km² 1. ... Semiotics - or semiology - is the study of signs, both individually and grouped in sign systems, and includes the study of how meaning is made and understood. ... Semiotics - or semiology - is the study of signs, both individually and grouped in sign systems, and includes the study of how meaning is made and understood. ... Animal communication is any behaviour on the part of one animal that has an effect on the current or future behaviour of another animal. ... Biosemiotics (bios=life & semion=sign) is a growing field that studies the production, action and interpretation of signs in the physical and biologic realm, in an attempt to integrate the findings of scientific biology and semiotics to form a new view of life and meaning as immanent features of the...

In 1944, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ...

External links

• Indiana University School of Library and Information Science Press Release: Thomas A. Sebeok, Senior Fellow at SLIS, Passes On Obituary
• The Estonian connection by Thomas A. Sebeok