Facts: - death place: cambridge , massachusetts , united states - module: yes - jen 4 ceu5 ngion4 nin5 ziu6 jyun4 jam6 jiuh yuhn yahm tio goan-jim jaw yuan-renn zhao yuanren chao 4 yuan 2 - native name lang: zh - native name: - known for: gwoyeu chinese dialect studies romatzyh system , '' mandarin primer '' , - caption: chao as a young man -lrb- c. 1916 -rrb- - death date: 25 february 1982 - spouse: buwei yang chao 1921 1981 - workplaces: university of california , berkeley harvard university tsinghua university - notable students: jerry norman anne o. yue-hashimoto - education: harvard -rrb- university -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- cornell university -lrb- b.a. - birth date: 3 november 1892 - name: yuen ren chao - citizenship: american -lrb- from 1954 -rrb- - nationality: chinese - image: zhao yuanren.jpg - birth place: tianjin , qing empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yuen ren chao .
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yuen ren chao -lrb- ; 3 november 1892 -- 25 february 1982 -rrb- , was a chinese-american linguist , educator , scholar , poet , and composer , best known for his contributions to the modern study of chinese phonology and grammar .chao was born and raised in china , then attended university in the united states , where he earned degrees from cornell university and harvard university .a naturally-gifted polyglot and linguist , chao is best known for his '' mandarin primer '' , one of the most widely used mandarin chinese textbooks in the 20th century , and his gwoyeu romatzyh romanization scheme , which can , unlike pinyin and other romanization systems , transcribe mandarin chinese pronunciation without needing diacritics to indicate words ' tone .