He received his training in classics from Columbia University, completing a PhD there in 1941.
[1] Householder received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1958, teaching at London University 1958-1959.
[3] Householder specialized in the study and theory of syntax, in languages from Greek and Latin to Chinese and Azerbaijani.
Chomsky and Halle responded in the second issue, defending their work on the potential for phonology to unlock universal meanings in sound and speech.
[4] He retired in 1983, and after his death in 1994, Indiana University established the Fred W. Householder Memorial Fund to provide scholarships to students specializing in Kurdish linguistics, one of the focuses of his research.