(Saigon two days of February), February 25, 1982, the famous linguist Chao's death.


Chao, born in 1892, Changzhou, Jiangsu. Word declared Chung. (Lssdjt.com) 1910 graduated from the the Nanjing Jiangnan High School. And went to the United States Rukangnaier University and his Ph.D. He was a professor of physics at Cornell University. Back in 1920, he served as the Research Department of Tsinghua University tutor, Mandarin unified preparatory meeting members. Chinese lecturer at Harvard University in 1921. 1922 Romaji self-created style. After Ren Qinghua Studies Institute instructors. In 1928, he was appointed Director of the Institute of History and Philology language group, engaged in the national dialect survey. To the United States in 1938, taught at the University of Hawaii, Yale University, Harvard University. (Today in History www.TodayOnHistory.com) 1945, he served as the Unesco representative of the Chinese delegation, the president of the Linguistic Society of America. He served as visiting professor of Oriental Studies of the University of California, Academia Sinica. Attainments in phonology theory, Chinese phonology, Chinese dialects and Chinese grammar. With sound new poetry rhyme "," language question "has translated" Alice's roaming in Wonderland "," Chao songs selected. (TodayinHistory.cn) In 1982, 25 died.