Eleanor Jorden

Eleanor Harz Jorden (December 28, 1920 – February 18, 2009) was an American linguistics scholar and an influential Japanese language educator and expert.

Born Eleanor Harz, she married William Jorden, reporter and diplomat; the marriage ended in divorce.

[1] Jorden earned her Ph.D. at Yale University under the direction of Bernard Bloch in 1950.

The latter text included Jorden's JSL system of rōmaji for transcribing Japanese into Roman script.

Her explanations of the subtleties of Japanese grammar and usage are still widely referenced today.