Shichirō Murayama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetShichirō Murayama
Japanese linguist
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
About Shichirō Murayama
- Shichiro Murayama (?? ??, Murayama Shichiro, 25 December 1908, in Ibaraki Prefecture – 13 May 1995) was a Japanese linguist who started his career lecturing at Juntendo University, and went on to become full professor at Kyoto Sangyo University.
- One of the world’s foremost authorities on the Altaic languages, he later made important contributions to the mixed-language theory of the origins of Japanese.
- Denis Sinor regarded him, together with Shiro Hattori, Samuel E.
- Martin, and Osada Natsuki as one of the four scholars who have done most to throw light on the origins of the Japanese language.
Read more at Wikipedia