George W. Grace, Date of Birth, Date of Death

George W. Grace

American linguist

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1921

Date of Death: 17-Jan-2015

Profession: anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

George William Grace (8 September 1921 in Corinth, Mississippi – January 17, 2015) was an emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Hawai?i.
He specialized in historical and comparative linguistics, ethnolinguistics, and Austronesian languages, especially the Oceanic languages of Melanesia.
He joined the Department of Linguistics in 1964, serving three years as chair (1966–1969) and three decades as editor of Oceanic Linguistics (1962–1991), a journal he founded while teaching anthropology at Southern Illinois University (1960–1964).