Facts: - death place: chevy chase , maryland , usa - known for: redefining unique language , stokoe notation language , establishing american sign language as a - caption: william stokoe , 1993 - fields: english , american sign language -lrb- asl -rrb- - death date: 04 april 2000 - workplaces: wells college , gallaudet university - birth date: 21 july 1919 - name: william c. stokoe , jr. . - image size: 250px - image: william_c_stokoe_jr . tif - birth place: new hampshire , usa - alma mater: cornell university -lrb- ph.d. , 1946 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william stokoe .
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william c. stokoe , jr. -lrb- ; july 21 , 1919 , in new hampshire -- april 4 , 2000 , in chevy chase , maryland -rrb- , a long-time professor at gallaudet university , was one of the most significant linguists of the 20th century .his pioneering research on american sign language -lrb- asl -rrb- not only revolutionized the understanding of asl in the united states and sign languages throughout the world and had a profound impact on deaf culture , deaf education , and sign language teaching and interpreting , but redefined '' language '' itself , generating paradigm shifts in theoretical linguistics , philosophy , psychology , anthropology , neural studies , and even jurisprudence .