Muhammad Abdul Hye (26 November 1919 – 3 June 1969) was a Bengali educationist, litterateur, researcher and linguist. He was awarded

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in 1961 and

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in 1996 by the

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Education and career

Hye passed from Rajshahi High Madrasah in 1936 and completed his intermediate from Dhaka Islamic Intermediate College in 1938. He became the first Muslim student who had obtained first class both in honors and master's examinations in Bengali from the

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in 1941 and 1942 respectively. He had joined the Bengali Department of the university in 1949. In 1950, he went to England to study linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. In 1952, he wrote a thesis on ''"A Phonetic and Phonological Study of Nasal and Nasalization in Bengali"'' to earn his second MA degree. He served as a visiting professor for ten months at the

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in the United States in 1968–69. In 1954, Hye was made

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and the head of the Bengali department. He became a professor in 1962.

Works

* ''Sahitya O Sanskriti'' (literature and culture) (1954) * ''Bilete Sare Satsho Din'' (750 days in England) (1958) * ''Toshamod O Rajneetir Bhasha'' (flattery and the language of politics) (1959) * ''Bhasha O Sahitya'' (language and literature) (1960) * ''Dhwanivigyan O Bangla Dhwanitatto'' (phonetics and Bengali phonology) (1964) In 1968, Hye produced Bangla Sahityer Itibritto (history of Bengali literature modern period) jointly with

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. He produced and published books in association with

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and Anwar Pasha.

References

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