Paul King Benedict (Chinese: 白保羅; 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. He is well known for his 1942 proposal of the Austro-Tai language family and also his reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan and Proto-Tibeto-Burman. He was also a practicing psychiatrist in the New York area for 20 years and was also a pioneer in the field of ethnopsychiatry.
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5 July 1912 Poughkeepsie, New York
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Died |
21 July 1997 (aged 85) Ormond Beach, Florida
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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