Murray Barnson Emeneau | |
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Born | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada | February 28, 1904
Died | August 29, 2005 Berkeley, California, U.S. | (aged 101)
Citizenship | American |
Known for | Dravidian linguistics, linguistic areas |
Academic background | |
Education | Dalhousie University (B.A.) Yale University (Ph.D.) |
Doctoral advisor | Franklin Edgerton |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Yale University University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral students | William Bright, Ram Karan Sharma, Bh. Krishnamurti |
Main interests | Linguistics, Dravidian studies, Sanskrit studies, Indology |
Murray Barnson Emeneau (February 28, 1904 – August 29, 2005) was the founder of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]