John Richard Krueger (March 14, 1927 – February 7, 2018)[1] was a professor at Indiana University, specialized in studies of Chuvash and Yakut, and Mongolian languages.
His approximately 20 books are the standard works, each held in about one hundred United States research libraries.
After completing his Fulbright, Krueger enrolled at the University of Washington where he received his PhD in Mongolian in 1960.
After receiving his PhD, Krueger briefly taught Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley.
He contributed to major dictionaries in Mongolian languages and also provided subject articles to a variety of encyclopedias.