Robert Blust

American linguist.

Born May 9th, 1940 in Cincinnati. [ref]

Died January 5th, 2022 at 81 years old in Honolulu (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
ethnologist, historical linguist, lexicographer, linguist, university teacher
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz