Edwin O. Reischauer
American diplomat (1910-1990) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 79
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer 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.
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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.
