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Noun Named Entity
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Benjamin Lee Whorf
EN
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer who is famous for proposing the "Sapir–Whorf hypothesis." Wikipedia
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Homo sapiens
CAUSE OF DEATH
EN
cancer
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
ꠀꠝꠦꠞꠤꠇꠣ
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
EN
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Edward sapir
EDUCATED AT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EN
Yale University
EMPLOYER
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Yale University
FAMILY NAME
EN
Whorf
FIELD OF WORK
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linguistics
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volkerpsychologie
GIVEN NAME
Benjamin
INFLUENCED BY
Wilhelm von humboldt
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
EN
English
MANNER OF DEATH
EN
natural causes
NOTABLE WORK
EN
linguistic relativity
OCCUPATION
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anthropologist
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philosopher
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linguist
PLACE OF BIRTH
Winthrop
PLACE OF DEATH
Wethersfield
SEX OR GENDER
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male
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Benjamin Lee Whorf

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