Samuel E. Martin

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Samuel E. Martin
Martin in 1994, when he received the Republic of Korea Presidential Medal of Honor
Born	(1924-01-29)29 January 1924 Pittsburg, Kansas, US
Died	28 November 2009(2009-11-28) (aged 85) Vancouver, Washington, US
Known for	Study of Japanese and Korean languages
Awards	Order of Cultural Merit (1994, rank unknown)
Academic background
Alma mater	Yale University, University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Bloch
Academic work
Institutions	Yale University
Notable students	J. Marshall Unger

Samuel Elmo Martin (29 January 1924 – 28 November 2009) was an American linguist known for seminal work on the languages of East Asia, a professor at Yale University, and the author of many works on the Korean and Japanese languages.