Russell G. Schuh (born Russell Galen Schuh; March 14, 1941, in Corvallis, Oregon – November 8, 2016, in Los Angeles, California[1][2]) was an American linguist known for his extensive work on Chadic languages, especially Hausa and West Chadic languages.
Schuh was born on March 14, 1941, in Corvallis, Oregon.
For his doctoral dissertation, he studied under Paul Newman and did fieldwork on Ngizim at Potiskum, Yobe State.
[3] From 1965 to 1967, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Agadez, Niger, where he learned to speak Hausa and worked with a Tamazhaq disc jockey for Radio Niger.
[4] From 1982 to 1983, he was a visiting professor at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.