Edward Cameron Dimock Jr. (March 18, 1929 – January 11, 2001) was an American author, linguist, scholar of Asian studies and emeritus professor at the University of Chicago.
He started his career as an assistant professor of linguistics and Asian languages at the faculty of the University of Chicago where he taught for 35 years.
He played a central role at the Chicago University for introducing the department of South Asian languages and civilizations, for which he was promoted to the rank of professor in 1966.
[2] His other scholarly publications include The Thief of Love: Bengali Tales from Court to Village, The Place of the Hidden Moon: Erotic Mysticism in the Vaisnava-Sahajiya Cult of Bengal, and The Caitanya-Caritamrta of Krsnadasa Kaviraja among others.
[2] He received various literary awards over the course of his career, including the Desikottama, equivalent of a Doctorate honoris causa, by Visva Bharati University established by Rabindranath Tagore, in 1992 which was awarded him for his contribution to Bengali literature.