Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (October 15, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Born in Tokyo to American educational missionaries, he became a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and East Asia. Together with George M. McCune, a Korean scholar, in 1939 he developed the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean language.
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15 October 1910 Tokyo, Empire of Japan
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1 September 1990 (aged 79) La Jolla, California, U.S.
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Zodiac | Libra |
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