Russell Schuh
{{Short description|American linguist (1941–2016)}}
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| birth_name = Russell Galen Schuh
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|03|14}}
| birth_place = Corvallis, Oregon
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|08|1941|03|14}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California
| occupation = Linguist
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| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles
| thesis_title = Aspects of Ngizim Syntax
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| thesis_year = 1972
| doctoral_advisor = Paul Newman
| workplaces = University of California, Los Angeles
| main_interests = Chadic languages
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Russell Galen Schuh (March 14, 1941, in Corvallis, Oregon – November 8, 2016, in Los Angeles, California{{cite web| url=https://linguistics.ucla.edu/russell-schuh/ |title=Russell G. Schuh |work= |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://linguistics.ucla.edu/faculty/russell-schuh-1941-2016/ |title=Russell Schuh (1941-2016) |work= |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}) was an American linguist known for his extensive work on Chadic languages, especially Hausa and West Chadic 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.
From 1965 to 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.{{cite web| url=https://brill.com/view/journals/aall/10/1/article-p1_1.xml |last=Hayes |first=Bruce |title=An obituary of Russell Schuh |work=Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics |accessdate=May 2, 2020 |doi=10.1163/18776930-01001006}}
Career
Schuh was a leading scholar in Chadic languages.{{cite web| url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c42d7th |title=Schuhschrift: Papers in Honor of Russell Schuh |work=eScholarship |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}
From 1982 to 1983, he was a visiting professor at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.{{cite web| url=https://international.ucla.edu/africa/person/143 |title=Russell Schuh |work= |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}
In 2015, he became Distinguished Professor at UCLA.{{cite web| url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam:-ucla-linguist-russell-schuh-specialized-in-languages-of-northern-nigeria |title=In memoriam: UCLA linguist Russell Schuh specialized in languages of northern Nigeria |work= |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}
Personal life
Schuh was an avid marathon runner.{{cite news| url=https://dailybruin.com/2016/11/15/passionate-linguistics-professor-marathon-runner-dies-at-75/ |last=Oysul |first=Amina |title=Passionate linguistics professor, marathon runner dies at 75 |date=November 15, 2016 |work=Daily Bruin |accessdate=May 2, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2026251067_Russell_G_Schuh Publications]
- [http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/aflang/Yobe/yobe.html UCLA Yobe Languages Project]
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Category:Linguists of Chadic languages
Category:Linguists from the United States
Category:People from Corvallis, Oregon
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni