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Chao Yuen Ren

Also known as: Yuen Ren Chao, Yuanren Zhao, Zhao Yuanren, Yuen-jen Chao, Chao Yuen-jen, Y. R. Chao

Place of birth:

Tianjin Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1892-11-03 • Birth Sign: Scorpio

Citizenship:

United States, Republic of China, Qing dynasty

Death date:

1982-02-25 (89 years old)

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Yuen Ren Chao (; 3 November 189225 February 1982) was a Chinese-American linguist, musician, and polymath. Applying modern linguistic theory and scientific methods to the study of Chinese phonology, dialects, and grammar, Chao was a leading advocate of the National Language Movement and a principal architect of the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization system. His Mandarin Primer was among the most widely used Chinese textbooks of the twentieth century. From 1938 onward, he lived in the United States.

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Arts and culture Science and academia linguist composer translator poet university teacher mathematician Tianjin United States Republic of China Qing dynasty