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Royal Skousen (Royal Jon Skousen) was born on 5 August, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American linguist. Discover Royal Skousen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
| Popular As |
Royal Jon Skousen |
| Occupation |
Professor |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
5 August 1945 |
| Birthday |
5 August |
| Birthplace |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Nationality |
United States
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Royal Skousen Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Royal Skousen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Royal Skousen worth at the age of 78 years old? Royal Skousen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Professor. He is from United States. We have estimated Royal Skousen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Professor |
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Timeline
Royal Jon Skousen (born August 5, 1945) is an American linguist and retired professor of linguistics and English at Brigham Young University (BYU), where he is editor of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project.
He is "the leading expert on the textual history of the Book of Mormon" and the founder of the analogical modeling approach to language modeling.
Skousen was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Leroy Bentley Skousen and Helen Louise Skousen, a Latter-day Saint family and was one of eleven children.
He is a nephew to W. Cleon Skousen.
He graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
Skousen's father unexpectedly died from lung cancer in 1964 despite never having smoked.
Skousen served as an LDS missionary in Finland from 1965 to 1967.
Skousen received his B.A. degree from BYU, with a major in English and a minor in mathematics.
Skousen married Sirkku Unelma Härkönen in 1968.
They have seven children and live in Orem, Utah.
Skousen went on to study linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning his Ph.D. degree there in 1972.
Skousen was an assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin from the earning of his PhD until 1979, when he joined the faculty of BYU.
He was also a visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego in 1981, a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Tampere in Finland in 1982, and a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 2001.
In 1999, BYU presented him the Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Research and Creative Arts Awards.
Since 1999, Skousen has served as the president of the Utah Association of Scholars, an affiliate of the National Association of Scholars.
He has also been associate editor of the Journal of Quantitative Linguistics since 2003.
Having served his mission in Finland, Skousen is fluent in Finnish.
