S. Robert Ramsey

S. Robert Ramsey
S. Robert Ramsey
Born	Samuel Robert Ramsey Jr.; 1941 (age 84–85)
Citizenship	American
Awards	Presidential Commendation (South Korea, 1998); Tongsung Academic Prize (2010); Precious Crown Medal for Cultural Merit (2013); Ilsuk Award for Academic Achievement (2015);
Academic background
Alma mater	Georgia Institute of Technology (B.C.E., 1966); Yale University (Ph.D., 1975);
Thesis	Accent and Morphology in Korean Dialects (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Samuel E. Martin
Influences	Samuel E. Martin
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Historical linguistics; East Asian linguistics;
Institutions	University of Maryland, College Park; Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania;
Main interests	Korean language; Japanese language; Korean dialects;
Notable works	The Languages of China (1987); A History of the Korean Language (2011);

Samuel Robert Ramsey Jr. (born 1941) is an American linguist. He specializes in the linguistics of East Asian languages, especially Korean and Japanese. He is professor emeritus of East Asian linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he also served as chair of the Department of Asian and East European Languages and Cultures. He is considered to be a significant Western academic on Korean linguistics. Ramsey is the author of The Languages of China (1987) and co-author of A History of the Korean Language (2011).