Werner, Oswald
nt13A taxonomic view of the traditional Navajo universe
A taxonomic view of the traditional Navajo universeessay 1983
- Summary
- Oswald J. Werner, better known as Ossy Werner, was a Czechoslovakian-born American linguist. He was Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics for thirty years at Northwestern University and retired in 1998 as Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics. During this period he researched the Navajo language and culture. Although specializing in their medicine and science, he impacted anthropology, linguistics, ethnography, ethnographic methodology, ethnoscience, and cognitive anthropology. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][3][4]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1928 [2]
- 1928-02-26 [4]
- Birth Place
- Rimavská Sobota [2]
- Rimavská Sobota [4]
- Died
- 2023-03-26 [4]
- Death Place
- Santa Fe [4]
- Country
- Slovakia [2]
- Czechoslovakia [2]
- Occupation
- linguist [4]
- anthropologist [4]
- Employer
- Northwestern University [4]
- Educated at
- Syracuse University [4]
- Indiana University [4]
- University of Stuttgart [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Germany [4]
- Archives at
- Northwestern University Archives [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. Wikidata
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