Turrell Verl "
Terry"
Wylie (August 20, 1927 – August 25, 1984) was an American scholar, Tibetologist, sinologist, and professor, known as one of the 20th century's leading scholars of
Tibet. He was for many years professor of Tibetan at the
University of Washington and its first chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Wylie founded the Tibetan Studies program at the University of Washington, the first such program in the United States. His romanization system for rendering the
Tibetan language, known as
Wylie transliteration, is the main system used for transcribing Tibetan in academic and historical contexts.