Westermann, Diedrich, 1875-1956

Nuer customs and folklore
Book 1931

Summary: Diedrich Hermann Westermann was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly. Westermann is seen as one of the founders of modern African linguistics. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1875-06-24 [2][5]
Birth Place: Baden (Achim, Verden) [2]; Baden, Lower Saxony [5]
Died: 1956-05-31 [2][5]
Death Place: Baden, Lower Saxony [5]
Country: Germany [2]
Language: German [3]
Occupation: linguist [5]; university teacher [5]; missionary [5]; ethnologist [5]; Africanist [5]; botanist [5]
Employer: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin [5]; North German Missionary Society [5]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. Wikidata

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