Russell Schuh

Russell G. Schuh (born Russell Galen Schuh; March 14, 1941, in Corvallis, Oregon – November 8, 2016, in Los Angeles, California[1][2]) was an American linguist known for his extensive work on Chadic languages, especially Hausa and West Chadic languages.

Russell Schuh
Born
Russell Galen Schuh

(1941-03-14)14 March 1941
Corvallis, Oregon
DiedNovember 8, 2016(2016-11-08) (aged 75)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ThesisAspects of Ngizim Syntax (1972)
Doctoral advisorPaul Newman
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Main interestsChadic languages

Early life

Schuh was born on March 14, 1941, in Corvallis, Oregon. He spent his childhood in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Education

Schuh graduated with a B.A. degree in French from the University of Oregon in 1963, an M.A. degree in French from Northwestern University in 1964, and a Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the University of California, Los Angeles. For his doctoral dissertation, he studied under Paul Newman and did fieldwork on Ngizim at Potiskum, Yobe State.[3]

From 1965–1967, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Agadez, Niger, where he learned to speak Hausa and worked with a Tamazhaq disc jockey for Radio Niger. He also spent 1973-1975 doing fieldwork in Gashua, Nigeria.[3]

Career

Schuh was a leading scholar in Chadic languages.[4]

From 1982–1983, he was a visiting professor at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.[5]

In 2015, he became Distinguished Professor at UCLA.[6]

Personal life

Schuh was an avid marathon runner.[7]

References
  1. "Russell G. Schuh". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. "Russell Schuh (1941-2016)". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  3. Hayes, Bruce. "An obituary of Russell Schuh". Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics. doi:10.1163/18776930-01001006. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  4. "Schuhschrift: Papers in Honor of Russell Schuh". eScholarship. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  5. "Russell Schuh". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  6. "In memoriam: UCLA linguist Russell Schuh specialized in languages of northern Nigeria". Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. Oysul, Amina (November 15, 2016). "Passionate linguistics professor, marathon runner dies at 75". Daily Bruin. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
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