George M. McCune
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**George McAfee** "**Mac**" **McCune** ( ; June 16, 1908 – November 5, 1948\) was an American scholar of Korea who developed the [McCune–Reischauer](/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") [romanization](/wiki/Romanization "Romanization") system of [Korean](/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language") with [Edwin O. Reischauer](/wiki/Edwin_O._Reischauer "Edwin O. Reischauer"). He taught Korean history and language at [Occidental College](/wiki/Occidental_College "Occidental College") and the [University of California, Berkeley](/wiki/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley "University of California, Berkeley").


What was the McCune–Reischauer system developed for?