George Sherman Lane

George Sherman Lane (September 28, 1902 – September 18, 1981) was an American linguist. His research focus was the Tocharian language.

Life Lane began his studies in 1922 at the University of Iowa, where he studied under Henning Larsen In 1926, he graduated first of his class, and in 1927 obtained a Master of Arts in English. This was followed by studies in Reykjavík, where he learned Sanskrit, as well as in Paris, where he studied under Meillet, Vendryes and Benveniste. In 1952, he was admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His son, Eugene N. Lane (1936–2007), became a professor in classical philology.

Selected works Words for clothing in the principal Indo-European languages. Chicago, 1930. Vocabulary to the Tocharian Puṇyavantajātaka. Baltimore, 1948. Studies in Kuchean grammar. Baltimore, 1952.