Craig Melchert | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1945-04-05)5 April 1945 (age 79) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Michigan State University Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of California, Los Angeles |
Harold Craig Melchert (born April 5, 1945) is an American linguist known particularly for his work on theAnatolian branch ofIndo-European.
He received his B.A. in German fromMichigan State University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Linguistics fromHarvard University in 1977. From 1968 to 1972 he served in the United States Air Force, where he learnedChinese and worked as a Chinese radio listener.[citation needed] In 1978 he accepted a position at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he became Paul Debreczeny Distinguished Professor of Linguistics.[1] In 2005 he was theCollitz Professor at theLinguistic Society of America Summer Institute.[2] As of July 1, 2007 he is A. Richard Diebold Professor of Indo-European Studies at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.[3]
