Paul K. Benedict | |||||||
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| Born | July 5, 1912 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | July 21, 1997 (aged 85) Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| Academic background | |||||||
| Alma mater | Harvard University New York Medical College | ||||||
| Academic work | |||||||
| Main interests | Sino-Tibetan languages, languages of East Asia | ||||||
| Notable works | Sino-Tibetan: A conspectus (1972) | ||||||
| Influenced | James Matisoff | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 白保羅 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 白保罗 | ||||||
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Paul King Benedict (traditional Chinese: 白保羅; simplified Chinese: 白保罗; pinyin: Bái Bǎoluó; July 5, 1912 – July 21, 1997) was an American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist who specialized in languages of East and Southeast Asia. He is well known for his 1942 proposal of the Austro-Tai language family and also his reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan and Proto-Tibeto-Burman. He was also a practicing psychiatrist in the New York area for 20 years and was also a pioneer in the field of ethnopsychiatry.