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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.
Dr Paul K. Benedict passed away in a car accident in Florida on the afternoon of Monday, July 21, 1997. He was 85. We are all saddened that discipline has lost a great colleague and an exceptional source of knowledge. and insight, and that an episode of Austro-Tai was brought to an abrupt end.
PAUL KING BENEDICT 1912-1997 On July 2 I, 1997, while driving to his daily round of body surfing in Ormond Beach, Florida, Paul King Benedict was killed in a tragic collision. A remarkable human being in every respect, Paul died as he had lived--charging ahead-with a zest for
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.
Jul 21, 1997 · Paul King Benedict was an American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist who specialized in languages of East and Southeast Asia. Background. Benedict was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1930. Education.
Benedict was instrumental in stimulating a group of scholars at Yale, Columbia, and Princeton to found the first Sino-Tibetan conference (with only eight participants) in 1968.
By any reckoning, Paul K. Benedict was one of the great historical linguists of the 20th century. His sudden death in a traffic accident on July 21, 1997, marked the end of an era in Sino-Tibetan and general Southeast Asian linguistics.
