Harry Leonard Shorto

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1919 –

46

Who is Harry Leonard Shorto?

Harry Leonard Shorto was a British philologist and linguist who specialized on the Mon language and Mon-Khmer studies. He authored both a modern Mon dictionary and a dictionary of Mon epigraphy. He worked for most of his career at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, finally as Professor of Mon-Khmer Studies at the University of London until his retirement in 1984.

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Born
1919
Also known as
  • H. L. Shorto

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on July 23, 2013

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