Yuen Ren Chao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuen Ren Chao

Chinese American linguist and composer

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Tianjin, China

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1982

Profession: composer, poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: United States, China

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Chao Yuen Ren (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhào Yuánrèn; 3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982) (known in the West as Yuen Ren Chao) was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar.
Chao was born and raised in China, then attended university in the United States, where he earned degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University.
A naturally-gifted polyglot and linguist, his Mandarin Primer was one of the most widely used Mandarin Chinese textbooks in the 20th century.
He invented the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization scheme, which, unlike pinyin and other romanization systems, can transcribe Mandarin Chinese pronunciation without needing diacritics to indicate tones.