Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939
Contributed to
nf08Kinship terms of the Kootenay Indians
Kinship terms of the Kootenay Indiansarticle 1918
ne11Vancouver Island Indians
Vancouver Island Indiansessay 1922
ne11A Girl's puberty ceremony among the Nootka Indians
A Girl's puberty ceremony among the Nootka Indiansarticle 1913
ne11Native accounts of Nootka ethnography
Native accounts of Nootka ethnographybook chapter 1955
- Summary
- Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist-linguist, who is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the development of the discipline of linguistics in the United States. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Born
- 1884 [5]
- 1884-01-26 [3]
- Birth Place
- Lębork [3]
- Lębork (Pologne) [6]
- Died
- 1939 [5]
- 1939-02-04 [3]
- Death Place
- New Haven [3]
- New Haven (Connecticut, États-Unis) [6]
- Country
- United States [5]
- Language
- English [6]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [3]
- linguist [3]
- sociolinguist [3]
- university teacher [3]
- ethnologist [3]
- philosopher [3]
- Profession
- Anthropologe [5]
- Employer
- Yale University [3]
- University of Chicago [3]
- Educated at
- DeWitt Clinton High School [3]
- Stuyvesant High School [3]
- Columbia University [3]
- Country of Education
- United States [3]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [3]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [3]
- Notable Names Database
- Profile [3]
- Oxford Reference
- Overview [3]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [3]
- Sources
- 1. National Library of Korea
- 2. National Library and Archives of Québec
- 3. Wikidata
- 4. VIAF
- 5. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 6. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 7. Library of Congress
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