Murray Barnson Emeneau (1904 - 2005)

Born 28 Feb 1904 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Died 29 Aug 2005 at age 101 in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

Murray Emeneau is Notable.

Murray Emeneau was a centenarian, living to age 101.

On the 1911 census Archy Emeneau (40) is present with wife Ada (36) and their 2 sons; Murray B (8) and Victor H (3).

"Born on 28 Feb 1904 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Murray Barnson died in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, on 29 Aug 2005; he was 101." - Paulsen

"Murray Barnson married Katharine Fitch. Born on 15 Jul 1903. Katharine died in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, in Jun 1987; she was 83." - Paulsen

Los Angeles Times Article

"Murray Barnson Emeneau, 101, an expert in Sanskrit and Dravidian languages who founded the UC Berkeley Linguistics Department, died Aug. 29 in his sleep of natural causes at his Berkeley home.

Born Feb. 28, 1904, in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada, Emeneau studied French, German and Latin in high school and Greek and Latin at Canada's Dalhousie University.

He was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England and earned his doctorate in Sanskrit and classical languages at Yale.

After teaching Sanskrit at Yale, he traveled to India in 1936 to study Dravidian languages, including Toda, Badaga, Kolami and Kota.

His 21 books include grammar texts and other works on those languages.

He joined the Berkeley faculty in 1940, teaching Sanskrit and general linguistics until his retirement in 1971.

In 1953, Emeneau persuaded UC Berkeley to establish a Department of Linguistics and became its first chairman.

He also set up what became the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, which continues to document indigenous languages of California and the continental United States."

Sources

• Dr. Kenneth Paulsen, Genealogy of a Young / Jung Family of Nova Scotia (c. 1580 - 2019) (http://genealogy-paulsen.com/Nova_Scotia/Emoneau_Register/RR01/RR01_060.HTML)
• Los Angeles Times, Sept 13, 2005, "Murray Emeneau, 101; Founded UC Berkeley Linguistics Department" (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-13-me-passings13.1-story.html)
• 1911 Census Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

See Also:

• Wikipedia contributors, "Murray Barnson Emeneau," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray_Barnson_Emeneau&oldid=1212938357 (accessed April 28, 2024).