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Company Logo Company LOGO Introduction of YR Chao YR Chao (1892—1982) Company Logo Contents Biography 1 Contributions 2 Company Logo Biography Chao Yuen Ren（赵元任），born in Tianjin with ancestry in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, was one of the leading linguists in the world. Chao went to the United States with a scholarship in 1910 to study mathematics at Cornell University. He got his PhD from Harvard University in 1918. Then he went to teach physics at Cornell University for one year. Company Logo Biography Then he went to teach physics at Cornell University for one year. In 1920 he went back to China and taught psychology and physics in Tsinghua School. He reentered Harvard University in 1921, first researching phonetics, then teaching as a lecturer on philosophy, and then as a professor of Chinese language. In June, 1925 he returned to Tsinghua and soon became a fruitful researcher on phonology, dialectology, and general linguistics. Company Logo Biography In 1938 he left China and taught first for a short period at the University of Hawaii, and then at Yale University until 1941. Then he went back to Harvard University, teaching as well as editing dictionaries there for five years, and becoming an American citizen in the meantime. From 1947 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley. He retired in 1962 with the title Professor Emeritus there. Company Logo Biography Chao was the president of the Linguistic Society of America during 1945, and a special issue of the society’s journal, Language, was dedicated to him in 1966. Chao went back with his wife and some family members to China for a visit in 1973, soon after the thawing of the relations between China and the USA, and was warmly welcomed by Premier Zhou Enlai and many of his old friends. He visited China again in 1981 and was granted Honorary Professor of Beijing University. Chao passed away on Feburary 24, 1982. Company Logo Contributions as a linguist as an interpreter YR Chao