death_place death_date birth_place citizenship fields workplaces birth_date known_for article_title name
hamden , connecticut , usa 24 january 2011 port chester , new york , usa usa linguistics yale university 5 december 1931 study of tang poetry hugh m. stimson
 hugh mcbirney stimson
hugh m. stimson

hugh mcbirney stimson -lrb- december 5 , 1931 -- january 24 , 2011 -rrb- was an american sinologist and linguist who specialised in the poetry of the tang dynasty -lrb- 618 -- 907 -rrb- .
he was particularly known for his research into chinese historical phonology which enabled him to reconstruct the spoken language of tang poetry .
