Edwin O. Reischauer
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'''Edwin Oldfather Reischauer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aɪ|ʃ|aʊ|.|ər}} {{respell|RYSHE|ow|ər}}; 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 scholar of Korea and several Korean linguists, in 1939 he developed the [[McCune–Reischauer]] [[romanization]] of the Korean language. |
'''Edwin Oldfather Reischauer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|aɪ|ʃ|aʊ|.|ər}} {{respell|RYSHE|ow|ər}}; 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 scholar of Korea and several Korean linguists, in 1939 he developed the [[McCune–Reischauer]] [[romanization]] of the Korean language. |
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Reischauer became involved in helping create US policy toward East Asia during and after World War II. President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed Reischauer as the [[United States Ambassador to Japan]], where he served from 1961 to 1966. Reischauer founded the [[Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies|Japan Institute at Harvard University]] in 1973 and was its |
Reischauer became involved in helping create US policy toward East Asia during and after World War II. President [[John F. Kennedy]] appointed Reischauer as the [[United States Ambassador to Japan]], where he served from 1961 to 1966. Reischauer founded the [[Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies|Japan Institute at Harvard University]] in 1973 and was its first director. It was later named in honor of him. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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