Edward Sapir

American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939).

Born January 26th, 1884 in Lębork. [ref]

Died February 4th, 1939 at 55 years old in New Haven. [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, ethnologist, linguist, philosopher, sociolinguist, university teacher
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner