Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
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| Professor of Linguistics (Founder and Head of the department) Osmania University |
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In office 1962 – 1988 (On leave of absence 1986-88) |
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| Vice-Chancellor University of Hyderabad |
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In office 1986–1993 |
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| Resident Fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University |
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In office 1975 – 1976, 2000 Fall |
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| Member Institute for Advanced Study Princeton University |
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In office 1999–2000 |
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| Honorary Professor Andhra University |
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Assumed office 2003 |
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19 June 1928 Ongole, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh India |
| Died | 11 August 2012 (aged 84) Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Spouse(s) | Smt. Bh. Syamala |
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Historical linguist Dravidian linguist Academician Administrator |
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (Telugu: భద్రిరాజు కృష్ణమూర్తి; 19 June 1928 – 11 August 2012) was an eminent Dravidianist and one of the most respected Indian linguists of his generation: he was the first of the two Indian scholars to become a fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh (2004), and only second Indian after S. K. Chatterji to receive an honorary membership from the Linguistic Society of America. He was born in Ongole (Andhra Pradesh). He was Vice Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University from 1986 to 1993. He founded the Department of Linguistics at Osmania University, where he then would serve as professor from 1962 to 1986. His magnum opus The Dravidian Languages is considered a landmark volume in the study of Dravidian linguistics. He was a student and close associate of Murray Barnson Emeneau. He got his A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955 and 1957 respectively. His grandson Ravi Bhadriraju was the rhythm guitarist in death metal band Job for a Cowboy.
Krishnamurti is considered to be among the first to apply the rigour of modern comparative linguistic theory to further the study of Dravidian languages. His thesis Telugu Verbal Bases (1961) is the first comprehensive account of comparative Dravidian phonology and derivational morphology of verbal bases in Dravidian from the standpoint of Telugu. His comprehensive grammar on koṃḍa or Kūbi is a monumental work in the area of non-literary Dravidian languages. His research was devoted to the central problems of phonology and morphology/syntax of Dravidian, and he made significant contributions in advancing the then nascent field of comparative and historical Dravidian studies in the second half of the twentieth century. His Comparative Dravidian Linguistics: Current Perspectives is a collection of twenty-one important articles published during the period 1955–1998, which attempts to provide solutions to many outstanding problems of Dravidian linguistics. His recent work The Dravidian Languages published by Cambridge University Press (2003) is a culmination of the scholarly research carried out by him in the last fifty years. It replaces Caldwell's one-hundred-fifty-year-old A comparative Grammar of Dravidian or South Indian Family of Languages as a comprehensive and authoritative source of reference on the Dravidian languages.
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