INVENTED BY DR. MARTHA ROBINSON, PHD

Zhou Youguang ( Chinese: 周有光; pinyin: Z hōu Yǒuguāng ) was born in 1906. He was a scholar who studied economics and linguistics. The Chinese government placed him as the head of a committee tasked with increasing literacy among the population by developing a new writing system. This committee suceeded with the creation of pinyin. “Pinyin was put into practice in 1958, the year I was born.  It is still in use today.  It was developed to lower illiteracy in China, and it did. 

Image: The Robinson Reading System book "Anne," abridged by Kearney Robinson, M.Ed, coded by William Hale Hodson. This November, Robinson...