| Craig Melchert | |
| Education: | Michigan State University Harvard University |
| Birth Date: | April 5, 1945 |
| Workplaces: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of California, Los Angeles |
Harold Craig Melchert (born April 5, 1945) is an American linguist known particularly for his work on the Anatolian branch of Indo-European.
He received his B.A. in German from Michigan State University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Harvard University in 1977. From 1968 to 1972 he served in the United States Air Force, where he learned Chinese and worked as a Chinese radio listener. In 1978 he accepted a position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he became Paul Debreczeny Distinguished Professor of Linguistics.[1] In 2005 he was the Collitz Professor at the Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute.[2] As of July 1, 2007 he is A. Richard Diebold Professor of Indo-European Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]