Linguist. Anthropologist. Missionary.
Ken Pike was one of five students at the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1935, a year after the organization was founded by William Cameron Townsend. He received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1942, became the first SIL president, and served for thirty-seven years until 1979. He was internationally known as a linguist, and fostered a passion for study in the field -- writing, teaching, and holding workshops all over the world. He was instrumental in training hundreds of students, preparing them to analyze the languages of the world and develop alphabets for them.
Ken Pike was one of five students at the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1935, a year after the organization was founded by William Cameron Townsend. He received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1942, became the first SIL president, and served for thirty-seven years until 1979. He was internationally known as a linguist, and fostered a passion for study in the field -- writing, teaching, and holding workshops all over the world. He was instrumental in training hundreds of students, preparing them to analyze the languages of the world and develop alphabets for them.
Linguist. Anthropologist. Missionary.
Ken Pike was one of five students at the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1935, a year after the organization was founded by William Cameron Townsend. He received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1942, became the first SIL president, and served for thirty-seven years until 1979. He was internationally known as a linguist, and fostered a passion for study in the field -- writing, teaching, and holding workshops all over the world. He was instrumental in training hundreds of students, preparing them to analyze the languages of the world and develop alphabets for them.
Ken Pike was one of five students at the Summer Institute of Linguistics in 1935, a year after the organization was founded by William Cameron Townsend. He received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Michigan in 1942, became the first SIL president, and served for thirty-seven years until 1979. He was internationally known as a linguist, and fostered a passion for study in the field -- writing, teaching, and holding workshops all over the world. He was instrumental in training hundreds of students, preparing them to analyze the languages of the world and develop alphabets for them.
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