Benjamin Lee Whorf
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 83 years ago |
| Born | Winthrop |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Died | Hartford |
| Connecticut | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Celia Inez Peckham |
| Children | Celia Lee Whorf |
| Robert Peckham Whorf | |
| Raymond Ben Whorf | |
| Job | Anthropologist |
| Chemical engineer | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Yale University | |
| Books | Language, Thought, and Reality |
| The Phonetic Value of Certain Characters in Maya Writing | |
| Maya Hieroglyphs | |
| Language, Thought, and Reality: Volume 2: 1860-1976 | |
| Celia Inez Peckham | |
| Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf | |
| Date of birth | April 24,1897 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Parents | Harry Whorf |
| Sarah Lee Whorf | |
| Date of died | July 26,1941 |
| Influence | Edward Sapir |
| Wilhelm Freiherr Von Humboldt | |
| Albert Einstein | |
| Wilhelm von Humboldt | |
| Siblings | Richard Whorf |
| John Whorf | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 630944 |
Benjamin Lee Whorf Life story
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer who is famous for proposing the "Sapir–Whorf hypothesis." He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers perceive and conceptualize the world.
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