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Born April 24, 1897 • Massachusetts
Died July 26, 1941 (aged 44) • Wethersfield • Connecticut
Subjects Of Study Whorfian hypothesis • American Indian languages • Hebrew language • Hopi language • Mayan languages • Nahuatl language

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